{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-utility-transfers-and-water-charges-act-1988/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-utility-transfers-and-water-charges-act-1988/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/15",
  "legislation_title": "Public Utility Transfers and Water Charges Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-utility-transfers-and-water-charges-act-1988",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Public Utility Transfers and Water Charges Act 1988.\n(2) Sections 2 to 6 above and the Schedules to this Act shall not come into force until such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different provisions or for different purposes.\n(3) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland and sections 2 to 6 above and the Schedules to this Act extend to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 8(1) repealed (E.W.) (prosp.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 190, 194(4), Sch. 27 Pt. II (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 8(2) repealed (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 8(3) repealed (E.W.) (prosp.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 190, 194(4), Sch. 27 Pt. II (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 8(2) fully exercised: S.I. 1988/879, 1165"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/15/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:48:46.494807+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."
}