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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-2004/schedule-3/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/641",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/5",
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  "number": "5",
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  "text": "Any appointment as a technical assessor under section 86 of the WIA (assessors for the enforcement of water quality), or designation under subsection (4) of that section, which—\n(a) was made before the coming into force of section 57 (the Chief Inspector of Drinking Water and the Drinking Water Inspectorate); and\n(b) is still current at that time,\nshall have effect as if it were an appointment as, or (as the case may be) a designation of, an inspector under section 86 of the WIA as amended by section 57.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/641/schedule/3/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:30:27.394454+00:00"
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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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