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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003/schedule-7/paragraph-36",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/37",
  "legislation_title": "Water Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/36",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Enterprise Act 2002 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 136 (investigations and reports on market investigation references), in each of subsections (7)(c) and (8), for “the Director General of Water Services” there is substituted “ the Water Services Regulation Authority ”.\n(3) In section 168 (regulated markets)—\n(a) in subsection (4)(f), for “the Director General of Water Services” there is substituted “ the Water Services Regulation Authority ”,\n(b) in subsection (5), for paragraph (e) there is substituted—\n“(e) the Water Services Regulation Authority;”.\n(4) In Schedule 15 (enactments conferring functions in relation to which a public authority may disclose information), at the end there is inserted the following entry— “ Water Act 2003 (c. 37). ”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 36(1) in force at 1.4.2004 for specified purposes by S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(y), Sch. 2 (with Sch. 3 para. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 36(1) in force at 1.4.2006 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2005/2714, art. 4(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 36(2)(3) in force at 1.4.2006 by S.I. 2005/2714, art. 4(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 36(4) in force at 1.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(y), Sch. 2 (with Sch. 3 para. 7)"
    }
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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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