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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-authorities-precepts-to-internal-drainage-boards-regulations-1974/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-authorities-precepts-to-internal-drainage-boards-regulations-1974/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1974/375",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Authorities (Precepts to Internal Drainage Boards) Regulations 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-authorities-precepts-to-internal-drainage-boards-regulations-1974",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "Water authorities may raise money towards defraying their expenses by issuing precepts to internal drainage boards. These Regulations, which come into operation on the 1st April 1974, prescribe a form of statement to be sent with every precept setting out the purposes to which the amount demanded is to be applied and the basis on which it is calculated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/375/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:46:49.347664+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."
}