{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-administration-offices-order-2002/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-administration-offices-order-2002/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/801",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-administration-offices-order-2002",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 2002 and shall come into force on the appointed day.\n(2) In this Order–\n“the appointed day” means the day on which section 7(1) of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 comes into force; and\n“ the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland” means the person appointed under that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 asp 3. Section 7(1) will come into force on 1st April 2002 under the Water Industry (Scotland) 2002 (Commencement and Savings) (Scotland) Order 2002. (S.S.I. 2002/118 (C. 6))."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/801/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:09:35.468058+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."
}