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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-authorities-rate-of-return-scotland-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/744",
  "legislation_title": "The Water and Sewerage Authorities (Rate of Return) (Scotland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-authorities-rate-of-return-scotland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;\n“accounts requirement” means a requirement notified under section 87(2) of the Act;\n“authority” means a new water and sewerage authority within the meaning of Part II of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/744/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}