{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1983-commencement-no-1-order-1983/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1983-commencement-no-1-order-1983/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/1173",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Act 1983 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1983-commencement-no-1-order-1983",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 29th July 1983\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of their powers under section 11(5) of the Water Act 1983 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/1173/introduction",
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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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