{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2015/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2015/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/773",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2015",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1991 Act” means the Water Industry Act 1991;\n“the 2014 Act” means the Water Act 2014;\n“old water supply licensee” means a person who is the holder for the time being of an “old water supply licence” as defined in paragraph 11 of Schedule 11 to the 2014 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in force at made date"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c.56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Old water supply licence” is defined as “a water supply licence granted under old section 17A” (of the 1991 Act)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/773/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:41:42.237644+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."
}