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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1999-commencement-no-1-scotland-order-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/1999/133",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Industry Act 1999 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1999-commencement-no-1-scotland-order-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides for the commencement, on 1st November 1999, of the Water Industry Act 1999 so far as it applies to Scotland.\nThis Act establishes a Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland who has the general function of promoting the interests of customers of water and sewerage authorities.\nThe Commissioner replaces the Scottish Water and Sewerage Customer Council established under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/1999/133/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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