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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1999/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/9",
  "legislation_title": "Water Industry Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
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  "number": "3",
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  "text": "After section 150A of that Act there is inserted—\n“ Interpretation of Chapter I\nMeaning of “consumer” in Chapter I.\n150B In this Chapter “consumer”—\n(a) in relation to the supply of water by a water undertaker to any premises, means a person who is for the time being the person on whom liability to pay charges to the undertaker in respect of that supply of water would fall, and\n(b) in relation to the provision of sewerage services in respect of any premises, means a person who is for the time being the person on whom liability to pay charges to the undertaker in respect of those services would fall.”",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/9/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:02.778038+00:00"
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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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