{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-northern-ireland-order-1973-repealed/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-northern-ireland-order-1973-repealed/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1973/70",
  "legislation_title": "Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (REPEALED)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-northern-ireland-order-1973-repealed",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Consultation with district councils",
  "text": "(1) The Ministry shall, where it appears necessary or desirable to do so and in any case at least once in each year, consult with each district council with respect to the proposals of the Ministry to exercise its functions under this Order in the district of the council.\n(2) A district council may make representations to the Ministry about the exercise by the Ministry of its functions under this Order and under the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 in the district of that council and the Ministry shall pay due regard to any such representations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1999 NI 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1973/70/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:35.237450+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."
}