{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1089/annex-II/division-8/division-8.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1089/annex-II/division-8/division-8.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/1089",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1089",
  "path": "annex/II/division/8/division/8.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "8.1",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In addition to the definitions set out in Article 2, the following definitions shall apply:\n‘aquifer’ means a subsurface layer or layers of rock or other geological strata of sufficient porosity and permeability to allow either a significant flow of groundwater or the abstraction of significant quantities of groundwater,\n‘groundwater’ means all water which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil,\n‘sub-basin’ means an area of land from which all surface run-off flows through a series of streams, rivers and, possibly, lakes to a particular point in a water course,",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1089/annex/II/division/8/division/8.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:29.783808+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."
}