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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-customer-consultation-panels-scotland-order-2002/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/473",
  "legislation_title": "Water Customer Consultation Panels (Scotland) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-customer-consultation-panels-scotland-order-2002",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Customer Consultation Panels (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 20th November 2002.\n(2) In this Order–\n“the Convener” means the Convener of the Water Customer Consultation Panels; and\n“local government area” shall be construed in accordance with section 1(2) of and Part I of Schedule 1 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Convener of the Water Customer Consultation Panels was appointed by virtue of section 2(6) of and paragraph 5(1) of schedule 1, Part 2 to the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "c.39."
    }
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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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