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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-11",
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  "legislation": "asp/2002/3",
  "legislation_title": "Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Transitory arrangements: initial appointments",
  "text": "(1) Until the first appointment of the non-executive member mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 2—\n(a) sub-paragraph (1)(a) of that paragraph has effect as if for “5” there were substituted “ 4 ”,\n(b) sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph has effect as if for “2” there were substituted “ 1 ”, and\n(c) the constitution of Scottish Water, and the validity of any of its proceedings or actings, may not be questioned by reason only that sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph has not been complied with.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(c) of this paragraph is without prejudice to paragraph 10.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/3/schedule/3/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:08.152929+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."
}