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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-49",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/29",
  "legislation_title": "Flood and Water Management Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/49",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Schedule 25 (byelaws) for paragraph 5(1)(a) and (b) substitute—\n“for any of Purposes 1 to 4.\n(1A) Purpose 1 is to secure the efficient working of a drainage system.\n(1B) Purpose 2 is to regulate the effects on the environment of a drainage system.\n(1C) Purpose 3 is to secure the effectiveness of flood risk management work within the meaning of section 165.\n(1D) Purpose 4 is to secure the effectiveness of works done in reliance on section 38 or 39 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (incidental flooding or coastal erosion).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 49 in force at 19.7.2011 for E. by S.I. 2011/1770, art. 3(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 49 in force at 1.10.2011 for W. by S.I. 2011/2204, art. 3(2)(d)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:54.061019+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."
}