{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1973/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1973/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/37",
  "legislation_title": "Water Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1973",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2)—(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 26(1) repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 26(2)–(4) repealed by Water Act 1983 (c. 23, SIF 130), Sch. 2 para. 3(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/37/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:11.481458+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."
}