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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1983-commencement-no-2-order-1983/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1983/1234",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Act 1983 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1983-commencement-no-2-order-1983",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Any person (other than the chairman of a water authority) who, but for the coming into force of section 1 of the Water Act 1983 in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 above, would have been holding office as a member of any such authority on 1st October 1983, shall vacate office immediately before that day; but this provision shall not be taken as preventing the reappointment of any such person under the provisions of section 3 of the Water Act 1973, as substituted by the said section 1.\n(2) This article extends to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/1234/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:58:16.784811+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."
}