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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drought-orders-inquiries-procedure-rules-1984/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drought-orders-inquiries-procedure-rules-1984/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1984/999",
  "legislation_title": "The Drought Orders (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drought-orders-inquiries-procedure-rules-1984",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) These rules may be cited as the Drought Orders (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1984.\n(2) These rules shall come into operation on 13th August 1984 but shall not apply to any application for a drought order which has been made to the Secretary of State before that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/999/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:38:15.887938+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}