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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-order-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/879",
  "legislation_title": "The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-order-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Coast Protection, England And Wales\nEnvironmental Protection, England And Wales\nFlood Risk Management, England And Wales\nWater Industry, England And Wales\nMade 19th March 2012\nThis Order is made—\n(a) in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State—\n(i) by section 48(2) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, and\n(ii) in relation to England, by section 49(3)(h) and (6) of that Act; and\n(b) in exercise of the powers conferred on the Welsh Ministers—\n(i) by section 48(2) of that Act, and\n(ii) in relation to Wales, by section 49(3)(i) and (6) of that Act.\nThe Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers make the following Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2010 c. 29."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/879/introduction",
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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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