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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/thames-water-authority-repeal-of-local-enactments-order-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/46",
  "legislation_title": "The Thames Water Authority (Repeal of Local Enactments) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/thames-water-authority-repeal-of-local-enactments-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 14th January 1988\nLaid before Parliament 27th January 1988\nComing into force 17th February 1988\nWhereas it appears to the Secretary of State for the Environment that the local enactments specified in the Schedule to this Order are inconsistent with section 23(1) of, and an abstraction licence granted under, the Water Resources Act 1963:\nNow therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 1(2)(c), 133(1) and 135(1) of the Water Resources Act 1963 and now vested in him , and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1963 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the definition of “Minister” as substituted by S.I. 1965/319 and 1970/1681."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the definition of “repeal”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1970/1681."
    }
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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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