{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/severn-trent-water-authority-regional-land-drainage-committee-order-1988/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/severn-trent-water-authority-regional-land-drainage-committee-order-1988/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/566",
  "legislation_title": "The Severn-Trent Water Authority (Regional Land Drainage Committee) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/severn-trent-water-authority-regional-land-drainage-committee-order-1988",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "In this order—\n“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972();\n“constituent council” means the council of any county or metropolitan district established by the 1972 Act any part of either of which is in the Water Authority area;\n“the Water Authority area” means the area of the Water Authority for the purposes of their functions relating to land drainage().",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This area is shown on the main river map for the purposes of section 9 of the 1976 Act kept at the principal office of the Water Authority at Severn-Trent Water, Abelson House, 2297 Coventry Road, Sheldon, Birmingham B26 3PU."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/566/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:09:02.544232+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."
}