{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/694",
  "legislation_title": "The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Local Government, England And Wales\nCoast Protection, England And Wales\nEnvironmental Protection, England And Wales\nFlood Risk Management, England And Wales\nWater Industry, England And Wales\nMade 7th March 2011\nThis Order is made—\n(a) in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State—\n(i) by sections 48(2) and 49(3)(a) and (6) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010,\n(ii) by section 49(3)(b) of that Act, so far as sections 22(1)(b), 23 and 25 of that Act relate to English Committees,\n(iii) by section 49(3)(f) of that Act, so far as section 37 of that Act relates to orders made by a Minister of the Crown under Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008, and\n(iv) in relation to England, by section 49(3)(h) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010; and\n(b) in exercise of the powers conferred on the Welsh Ministers—\n(i) by section 48(2) of that Act,\n(ii) by section 49(3)(c) of that Act, so far as sections 22(1)(c), 23 and 25 of that Act relate to Welsh Committees,\n(iii) by section 49(3)(g) of that Act, so far as section 37 of that Act relates to orders made by the Welsh Ministers under Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008, and\n(iv) in relation to Wales, by section 49(3)(i) and (6) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.\nThe Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers make the following Order.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2010 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 22(1)(b) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 for the meaning of an “English Committee”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2008 c. 13. See section 74 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 for the meaning of “Minister of the Crown”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 22(1)(c) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 for the meaning of a “Welsh Committee”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/694/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:13:33.476851+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."
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