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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-appointment-competition-commission-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3088",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Appointment (Competition Commission) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-appointment-competition-commission-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 16th November 1999\nLaid before Parliament 18th November 1999\nComing into force 24th November 1999\nWhereas the Secretary of State considers the provisions of these Regulations appropriate for regulating the procedure to be followed with respect to certain references to the Competition Commission pursuant to the Water Industry Act 1991;\nNow therefore the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 12(4) of that Act hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Amended by the Competition Act 1998 (Competition Commission) Transitional, Consequential and Supplemental Provisions Order 1999 SI 1999/506."
    }
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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."
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