{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drought-orders-inquiries-procedure-rules-1984/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drought-orders-inquiries-procedure-rules-1984/article-3.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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“appointed person” means the person appointed by the Secretary of State to hold an inquiry or hearing to which these rules apply, and “inquiry” (except in rule 4(3)) includes such a hearing;\n“drought order” means an order under the Drought Act 1976;\n“statutory objector”, in relation to an application for a drought order, means a person who has duly objected to the application in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Drought Act 1976 and whose objection has not been withdrawn;\n“the authority”, in relation to an application for a drought order, means the regional water authority or statutory water company by whom the application is made.",
  "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/3",
    "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."
}