{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2015/article-3",
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  "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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions of the 2014 Act coming into force on 1st September 2015",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2014 Act come into force on 1st September 2015 and are brought into force by the Secretary of State only—\n(a) subsection (3) of section 1 (types of water supply licence and arrangements with water undertakers) so far as it relates to the provisions set out in paragraph (c);\n(b) subsection (3) of section 4 (types of sewerage licence and arrangements with sewerage undertakers) so far as it relates to the provisions set out in paragraph (d);\n(c) subject to article 5, paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 (water undertakers’ duties as regards water supply licensees) so far as it inserts section 66DB (codes under section 66DA: procedure) into the 1991 Act, with the exception of—\n(i) subsection (1)(b) to the extent that it relates to subsection (3);\n(ii) subsection (3); and\n(iii) subsection (12); and\n(d) subject to article 5, Schedule 4 (sewerage undertakers’ duties as regards sewerage licensees) so far as it inserts section 117G (codes under section 117F: procedure) into the 1991 Act, with the exception of subsections 2(e) and (7).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at made date"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/773/article/3",
    "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."
}