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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drinking-water-undertakings-england-and-wales-regulations-2000/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1297",
  "legislation_title": "The Drinking Water (Undertakings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drinking-water-undertakings-england-and-wales-regulations-2000",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are made to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Case C-340/96,Commission v United Kingdom [1999] ECR I–2023.\nThe Regulations specify requirements which must be satisfied before an undertaking given by a water company may be accepted by the relevant enforcement authority under section 19(1)(b) of the Water Industry Act 1991 for the purposes of ensuring compliance with requirements of Directive 80/778/EEC (the Drinking Water Directive) (regulation 2). The Regulations prescribe—\n(a) how applications in connection with such undertakings are to be made to the relevant enforcement authority (regulation 3);\n(b) what must be specified in such undertakings (regulation 4);\n(c) the conditions for acceptance of such undertakings (regulation 5);\n(d) what happens if those conditions cease to be satisfied (regulation 6); and\n(e) transitional provisions in relation to existing undertakings (regulation 7).\nThe Regulations also amend section 19(1)(b) of the Water Industry Act 1991 to reflect the new requirements (regulation 8).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1297/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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