{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-drinking-water-protected-areas-scotland-order-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/88",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Drinking Water Protected Areas) (Scotland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-drinking-water-protected-areas-scotland-order-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order identifies those bodies of water used for the abstraction of drinking water, as required by section 6(1) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003.\nThis is done by reference to maps prepared for the purposes of the Order and laid before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 6(2) of the Act.\nThe maps identify the bodies of surface water and bodies of groundwater in the Scotland River Basin District which are used for the abstraction of drinking water and either provide more than 10 cubic metres per day, or serve more than 50 persons, or are intended for such use.\nThe Order and maps will be published by the Scottish Ministers and will be available on their website at www.scotland.gov.uk.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/88/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:27:31.851114+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."
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