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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003-designation-of-responsible-authorities-and-functions-order-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/126",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Designation of Responsible Authorities and Functions) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003-designation-of-responsible-authorities-and-functions-order-2006",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order designates certain public bodies and office-holders as responsible authorities in respect of specified functions relating to the water environment, for the purposes of Part 1 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3). Article 2(1) of the Order designates the bodies and office-holders set out in column 1 of the Schedule for this purpose.\nThe functions of those bodies and office-holders which relate to the water environment, conferred by the enactments set out in column 2 of the Schedule, are specified as designated functions of those bodies and office-holders, by Article 2(2) of the Order.\nA Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and can be obtained from the Water Division of the Scottish Executive or at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/Water/17316/8084.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/126/note",
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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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