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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1989/schedule-26/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1989/schedule-26/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/15",
  "legislation_title": "Water Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1989",
  "path": "schedule/26/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to any transfer of property, rights or liabilities in accordance with a scheme under Schedule 2 to this Act, nothing in this Act shall affect—\n(a) the existence or constitution of any joint water board or joint water committee constituted by virtue of an order made under section 9 of the 1945 Act before the transfer date;\n(b) any rights or liabilities arising by virtue of any agreement made in pursuance of such an order; or\n(c) the application in relation to any such board or committee of any provision of Schedule 3 to the 1945 Act or the operation of Part V of that Act in relation to any such provision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/26/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:46:50.640465+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."
}