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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-1-order-2003/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/562",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-1-order-2003",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "15th December 2003 is hereby appointed the day on which the following provisions of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 come into force:–\n(a) sections 1 to 7;\n(b) section 18;\n(c) sections 20 and 21; and\n(d) sections 26 to 28.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/562/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:07.763565+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."
}