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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014/section-48",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/21",
  "legislation_title": "Water Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Exit applications: further provision",
  "text": "(1) Exit regulations may make provision about the provision relating to exit applications that may be included in a relevant undertaker's conditions of appointment.\n(2) Exit regulations may in particular prohibit the inclusion of provision requiring a relevant undertaker to make an exit application.\n(3) Exit regulations may make provision for requiring the WSRA or the CMA to obtain the consent of the Secretary of State—\n(a) before exercising a function so as to require a relevant undertaker to make an exit application, or\n(b) before exercising a function in a way that is likely to result in a relevant undertaker making an exit application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/21/section/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:35.602503+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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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}