{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "nia/2016/7",
  "legislation_title": "Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Article 70A, as so formed, is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1), after “Before each” insert “ second ”.\n(3) In paragraph (2)(a), for “annual” substitute “ biennial ”.\n(4) In paragraph (2)(c), for “the period of 5 years” substitute “ the maximum period (see paragraph (2A)) ”.\n(5) After paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) The maximum period mentioned in paragraph (2)(c) is—\n(a) 6 years, or\n(b) such longer period, of not more than 8 years, as the Department may direct in the case of a particular plan (or revised plan).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/7/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:03.086480+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."
}