{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wales-act-2017/section-51",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/4",
  "legislation_title": "Wales Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wales-act-2017",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Reciprocal cross-border duties in relation to water",
  "text": "(1) In exercising functions relating to water resources, water supply or water quality—\n(a) the Welsh Ministers must have regard to the interests of consumers in England;\n(b) the Secretary of State must have regard to the interests of consumers in Wales.\n(2) In subsection (1) “\"the interests of consumers”” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Water Industry Act 1991.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/4/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:46.312581+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."
}