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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rivers-prevention-of-pollution-act-1951-continuation-of-byelaws-order-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1378",
  "legislation_title": "The Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951 (Continuation of Byelaws) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rivers-prevention-of-pollution-act-1951-continuation-of-byelaws-order-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 3rd August 1989\nLaid before Parliament 11th August 1989\nComing into force 1st September 1989\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by paragraph 26 of Schedule 26 to the Water Act 1989, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 15."
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  ],
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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."
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