{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-authorities-transfer-of-functions-appointed-day-order-1989/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-authorities-transfer-of-functions-appointed-day-order-1989/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1530",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Authorities (Transfer of Functions) (Appointed Day) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-authorities-transfer-of-functions-appointed-day-order-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order appoints 1st September 1989 as the transfer date for purposes of section 4 of the Water Act 1989.\nOn the transfer date the functions of water authorities become, in accordance with the Act, functions either of the National Rivers Authority established by the Act or of water or sewerage undertakers under schemes for the division of the property, rights and liabilities of water authorities between the National Rivers Authority and the undertakers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1530/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:38:08.969513+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."
}