{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-west-pipelaying-and-other-works-code-of-practice-order-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-west-pipelaying-and-other-works-code-of-practice-order-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/461",
  "legislation_title": "The North West (Pipelaying and Other Works) (Code of Practice) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-west-pipelaying-and-other-works-code-of-practice-order-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 27th February 1991\nWhereas North West Water Limited holds an appointment under Chapter I of Part II of the Water Act 1989 as a water and sewerage undertaker (“the Company”):\nAnd whereas the Company has, pursuant to section 162(6)(a) of that Act, submitted to the Secretary of State for his approval a Code of Practice with respect to the exercise by the Company of powers conferred by or by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 19 to that Act (“the Code of Practice”):\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to approve the Code of Practice for the purpose of promoting what appear to him to be desirable practices with regard to the exercise by the Company of those powers:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers under section 162(7) of the Water Act 1989, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consulting all such persons as he considers it appropriate to consult, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 15."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "A copy of the Code of Practice may be inspected at the Department of the Environment, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY, and may be obtained free of charge from the Company: North West Water Limited, Dawson House, Great Sankey, Warrington WA5 3LW."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/461/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:49:59.201378+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."
}