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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003/section-71",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003/section-71.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/37",
  "legislation_title": "Water Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003",
  "path": "section/71",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "Extension of Environment Agency’s powers of entry",
  "text": "In section 169 of the WRA (powers of entry for enforcement purposes), for subsection (2) there is substituted—\n(2) The powers conferred by subsection (1) above in relation to any premises shall include power, in order to obtain information for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above—\n(a) to carry out experimental borings or other works on those premises; and\n(b) to install and keep monitoring and other apparatus there.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 71 in force at 1.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(r) (with Sch. 3 para. 67)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/37/section/71",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:08:42.065172+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}