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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1875-support-of-sewers-amendment-act-1883-repealed-19111998/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1875-support-of-sewers-amendment-act-1883-repealed-19111998/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/46-47/37",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health Act 1875 (Support of Sewers) Amendment Act 1883 (repealed 19.11.1998)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-act-1875-support-of-sewers-amendment-act-1883-repealed-19111998",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act,—\nThe expression “sanitary work” means any existing or future building or work constructed by or vested in or under the control of a local authority under the powers or for the purposes of so much of the Principal Act or of any General or Local Act or Provisional Order as relates to the construction or maintenance of any works of sewerage, drainage, sewage disposal, lighting, or water supply, and includes any fixtures, pipes, fittings, or apparatus connected with any such work, and belonging to or used by the local authority:\nThe expression “support” includes vertical and lateral support:\nThe expression “Sanitary Act” means the Act or Provisional Order under the authority of which a sanitary work has been or is constructed or is maintained, whether such Act or Order was passed and confirmed before or after the commencement of this Act:\nThe expression “person” includes a body corporate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/46-47/37/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:40:13.636476+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."
}