{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003-commencement-no-2-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2004/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003-commencement-no-2-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2004/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2528",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003-commencement-no-2-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2004",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2004.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Water Act 2003;\n“the Council” means the Consumer Council for Water; and\n“customer service committees” means the committees maintained under section 28 of the WIA.\n(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, any reference in this Order to a section or Schedule is a reference to a section of or a Schedule to the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The expression “the WIA” means the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) (section 105(2) of the Act)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2528/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:18:03.155369+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."
}