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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1989-commencement-no-1-order-1989/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1146",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Act 1989 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1989-commencement-no-1-order-1989",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Act 1989 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1989.\n(2) In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections and Schedules of the Water Act 1989.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1146/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:41:14.481310+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."
}