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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014-commencement-no-1-scotland-order-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/360",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014-commencement-no-1-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order partly commences section 7 of the Water Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”).\nIt commences section 7(1) and (2) for the limited purposes of inserting a new paragraph 1A into Schedule 2 of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”).\nThe new paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the 2005 Act will provide the Scottish Ministers with a power to make provision, by Order, about the Water Industry Commission for Scotland treating certain applications made to the Water Services Regulation Authority for a water supply or sewerage licence in England or Wales under the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) as also being an application for a water services or sewerage services licence in Scotland under the 2005 Act.\nThe Order also commences paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 7 of the 2014 Act for all purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/360/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:27:18.222247+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."
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