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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003/section-72",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/37",
  "legislation_title": "Water Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003",
  "path": "section/72",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Efficient use of water resources",
  "text": "In section 6 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) (general provisions with respect to water), in subsection (2)(b), after “Wales” there is inserted “ (including the efficient use of those resources) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 72 in force at 1.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(s) (with Sch. 3 para. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/37/section/72",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:55.574536+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}