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  "legislation": "asp/2003/3",
  "legislation_title": "Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for protection of the water environment, including provision for implementing European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/60/EC; to amend the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 and the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 in relation to the provision of water and sewerage services; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 29th January 2003 and received Royal Assent on 5th March 2003",
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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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