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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1989-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1989/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1557",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Act 1989 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1989-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1989",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Savings of provisions",
  "text": "(1) The repeal on 1st September 1989 in consequence of article 2 of section 34(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 6 to, the Water Act 1973 shall not affect the continued operation of, or the power of the Secretary of State to revoke or vary, the provisions mentioned in Schedule 3 hereto.\n(2) The repeal on 1st April 1990 in consequence of article 4 of section 59(3) of, and sections 74(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to, the Water Act 1945 shall not affect the continued application on or after that date of any of the repealed provisions by virtue of any local statutory provision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1945 c. 42 (8 & 9 Geo. 6)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1557/article/5",
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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."
}