{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/37",
  "legislation_title": "Water Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/48",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 208 (directions in the interests of national security) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsections (1) and (2)—\n(a) after “relevant undertaker” there is inserted “ or licensed water supplier ”, and\n(b) after “that undertaker” there is inserted “ or supplier (as the case may be) ”.\n(3) In subsection (3), after “relevant undertaker”, in both places where it appears, there is inserted “ or licensed water supplier ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 48 in force at 1.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(y), Sch. 2 (with Sch. 3 para. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/37/schedule/8/paragraph/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:55.574536+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."
}