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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003-commencement-no-3-england-order-2005/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/344",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3) (England) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003-commencement-no-3-england-order-2005",
  "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. 3) (England) Order 2005.\n(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Water Act 2003.\n(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, any reference in this Order to a section is a reference to a section of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/344/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:09:58.334603+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."
}