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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-8-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/269",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2008",
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  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "10th July 2008 is the appointed day on which the following provisions of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 come into force–\n(a) section 22;\n(b) section 31;\n(c) section 34 but only in so far as it relates to the provisions of schedule 4 referred to in paragraphs (d) and (e);\n(d) paragraph 1 of schedule 4;\n(e) paragraph 2 of schedule 4, but only for the purpose of inserting section 23(2B) into the Water (Scotland) Act 1980.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 45"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:05:59.702741+00:00"
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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."
}