{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-east-water-limited-river-ouse-and-shell-brook-drought-order-2025/introduction",
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  "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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER RESOURCES, ENGLAND\nMade 2nd December 2025\nComing into force 3rd December 2025\nSouth East Water Limited (“the Company”) has made an application for an ordinary drought order under section 73(3)(b) of the Water Resources Act 1991 (“the Act”).\nThe Secretary of State is satisfied that proper notices of the application have been published and served by the Company in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Act and no objections to the application have been made.\nIn accordance with section 73(1) of the Act, the Secretary of State is also satisfied that, by reason of an exceptional shortage of rain, a serious deficiency of supplies of water is threatened in the Sussex region of the Company’s area of supply.\nIt appears to the Secretary of State expedient to make the provisions in this Order with a view to meeting this deficiency.\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the power conferred by sections 73(1) and 74(2)(f) and (5) of, and paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 8 to, the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 57 (“the Act”). Section 73(3) of the Act was amended by paragraphs 128 and 139(3) of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) and by S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90). For the meaning of “ordinary drought order” see section 73(1) of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Act was amended by paragraph 128 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 and paragraph 3(7) of Schedule 11 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and by S.I. 2010/675 and 2013/755 (W. 90)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 73(1) of the Act was amended by paragraph 139(2) of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1266/introduction",
    "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."
}