{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-electronic-communications-order-northern-ireland-2021/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-electronic-communications-order-northern-ireland-2021/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2021/184",
  "legislation_title": "The Water and Sewerage Services (Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-electronic-communications-order-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Water And Sewerage Services\nMade 25th June 2021\nComing into operation 30th July 2021\nThe Department for Infrastructure makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.\nIn accordance with section 1(3) of that Act the Department for Infrastructure considers that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications by this Order for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and Schedule 1 of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2001 c. 9"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/184/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:38:24.672718+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."
}