{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-east-water-limited-river-ouse-and-shell-brook-drought-order-2025/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-east-water-limited-river-ouse-and-shell-brook-drought-order-2025/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1266",
  "legislation_title": "The South East Water Limited (River Ouse and Shell Brook) Drought Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-east-water-limited-river-ouse-and-shell-brook-drought-order-2025",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Company” means South East Water Limited (company number 02679874);\n“the Environmental Assessment Report” means the document titled “South East Water - Water Resources Act 1991 - Section 74 Drought Order (River Ouse) Barcombe Mills - Winter Drought Scenario: Environmental Assessment Report” produced by Johns Associates Limited dated October 2025;\n“the Licence” means the abstraction licence numbered 21/128 granted and reissued by the Agency on 30th March 2004 authorising;\n(a) augmentation release and compensation release from Ardingly Reservoir to the Shell Brook (Schedule 1 to the Licence),\n(b) abstraction from the River Ouse at Barcombe (Schedule 2 to the Licence),\n(c) abstraction from Ardingly Reservoir (Schedule 3 to the Licence), and\n(d) abstraction from the River Ouse at Ardingly (Schedule 4 to the Licence),\nto the extent and manner, and subject to the terms and conditions, set out in Schedule 1 to the Licence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Environmental Assessment Report is available for public inspection at Teville Gate House, Teville Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1UR. You may contact the Environment Agency by email at enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk or by telephone on 03708 506506 to make an appointment for public inspection of the Environmental Assessment Report."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Licence is available for public inspection at Teville Gate House, Teville Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1UR. You may contact the Environment Agency by email at enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk or by telephone on 03708 506506 to make an appointment for public inspection of the Licence."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1266/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:08:51.970965+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."
}