{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-4.json",
  "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/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Article 159 (adoption) is amended as follows.\n(2) In the heading, after “sewers” insert “ , sustainable drainage systems ”.\n(3) In paragraph (2)—\n(a) after “lateral drain”, in the first place those words occur, insert “ , sustainable drainage system ”, and\n(b) after “lateral drain”, in the second place those words occur, insert “ , system ”.\n(4) In paragraph (4)(a), after “lateral drain” insert “ , system ”.\n(5) In paragraph (5)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a), after “sewer” insert “ , system ”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “or lateral drain” substitute “ , lateral drain or system ”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (c), for “or lateral drain” substitute “ , lateral drain or system ”;\n(d) in sub-paragraph (d), after “lateral drain” insert “ , system ”.\n(6) In paragraph (6), for “or lateral drain” (in both places) substitute “ , lateral drain or system ”.",
  "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/2/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}