{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highland-regional-council-loch-beannach-water-order-1989/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/204",
  "legislation_title": "The Highland Regional Council (Loch Beannach) Water Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highland-regional-council-loch-beannach-water-order-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Water (Scotland) Act 1980;\n“approved” means approved by the Secretary of State;\n“the Council” means the Highland Regional Council as water authority;\n“day” means a period of 24 hours reckoned from midnight;\n“deposited plans” means the two plans, each prepared in duplicate, docqueted and signed as relative to this Order and marked respectively “The Highland Regional Council (Loch Beannach) Water Order 1989 Location Plan and Plan of Catchment Area” and “The Highland Regional Council (Loch Beannach) Water Order 1989 Plans & Sections of Works”, one copy of each of which is deposited in the Scottish Office, New St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh, and the other in the office of the Chief Executive of the Council at Inverness;\n“gauge” includes a gauge weir or other apparatus for measuring the flow of water;\n“intake” includes any work by which water is taken by the Council for the purpose of the undertaking;\n“undertaking” means the water undertaking for the time being of the Council;\n“works” means the works described in Schedule 1 to this Order which the Council, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 21 of the Act, and in the lines and situations and according to the levels shown on the deposited plans, propose to construct and maintain or in the case of existing works continue to maintain for the purpose of providing a supply of water when they have acquired the necessary lands or sufficient rights therein.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/204/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:50:01.020162+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."
}