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  "legislation_title": "Water Act 2014",
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  "number": "3",
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  "text": "(1) Establishing standards, objectives or requirements in relation to—\n(a) regulated activities, and\n(b) in the case of fish regulations, structures or obstructions that affect, or could affect, the movement of fish through regulated waters.\n(2) In the case of water regulations, authorising the making of plans for—\n(a) the setting of overall limits,\n(b) the allocation of rights, or\n(c) the progressive improvement of standards or objectives,\nrelating to the use of water resources.\n(3) In the case of water regulations, authorising the making of schemes for the trading or other transfer of rights so allocated.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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