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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-consolidation-consequential-provisions-act-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/60",
  "legislation_title": "Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-consolidation-consequential-provisions-act-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make provision for consequential amendments and repeals, and for transitional and transitory matters and savings, in connection with the consolidation of certain enactments in the Water Resources Act 1991, the Water Industry Act 1991, the Land Drainage Act 1991 and the Statutory Water Companies Act 1991; and to repeal certain related enactments which are spent or unnecessary.\n[25th July 1991]\nBe it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act saved (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 140, 223(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act: power to apply (Isles of Scilly) conferred (1.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 222(3), 223(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act: power to apply (Isles of Scilly) conferred (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 224(3), 225(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act: power to apply conferred (1.12.1991) by Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59, SIF 73:1), ss. 75(3), 76(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act: Transfer of functions (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at 1.12.1991 see s. 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "Act: extent is E.W. with exceptions mentioned in s. 4(3)-(7)"
    }
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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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