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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-charges-vulnerable-groups-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3441",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Industry (Charges) (Vulnerable Groups) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-charges-vulnerable-groups-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 22nd December 1999\nLaid before Parliament 22nd December 1999\nComing into force 12th January 2000\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 143A and 213(2) of the Water Industry Act 1991, hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 56; section 143A was inserted by section 5 of the Water Industry Act 1999 (c. 9). See section 150B of that Act for the definition of “consumer”."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3441/introduction",
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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."
}