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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ouse-and-derwent-internal-drainage-board-reconstitution-order-2026/schedule/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ouse-and-derwent-internal-drainage-board-reconstitution-order-2026/schedule/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/182",
  "legislation_title": "The Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage Board (Reconstitution) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ouse-and-derwent-internal-drainage-board-reconstitution-order-2026",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Scheme—\n“the 1977 Order” means the Yorkshire Water Authority (Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage District) Order 1977;\n“the Act” means the Land Drainage Act 1991;\n“the Board” means the Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage Board constituted by the Scheme confirmed by the 1977 Order;\n“the commencement date” means the date on which this Scheme comes into force;\n“elected members” means those members of the Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage Board who are appointed by the Secretary of State pursuant to this Scheme or elected in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Act and any applicable regulations made under the Act;\n“the Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage District” means the Ouse and Derwent Internal Drainage District constituted by the Scheme confirmed by the 1977 Order;\n“property” includes books of account, other books, deeds, maps, papers and other documents, in whatever medium held, and computer and other electronic records;\n“rights and obligations” means all rights, powers, duties (including statutory powers and duties), obligations and liabilities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/1208."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/182/schedule/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:33.766416+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."
}