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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1991/part-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1991/part-III.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/56",
  "legislation_title": "Water Industry Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1991",
  "path": "part/III",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "WATER SUPPLY",
  "text": null,
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Part III: definition of \"consumer\" applied (01.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 176(7), 225(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Part III: definition of \"water fittings\" applied (01.12.1991) by Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 (c. 58, SIF 130), ss. 15(1), 17(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 3 modified (E.) (24.3.2011) by The Hull and Goole Port Health Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/939), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 3 functions transferred and modified (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Pt. 3: functions etc. assigned to the Port Health Authority and modified (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2014/21",
      "affecting_title": "Water Act 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2014/21",
      "affecting_title": "Water Act 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/56/part/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:46.295560+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."
}