{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-regulations-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-regulations-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2790",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Water Supplies Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 10th December 1991\nLaid before Parliament 11th December 1991\nComing into force 1st January 1992\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 67, 77(3) and (4) and 213(2) of the Water Industry Act 1991 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf (those powers being exercised by the Secretaries of State either jointly or separately in the manner set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations), hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 56. See the definition of “prescribed” in section 219(1)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2790/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."
}