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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002/section-72",
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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": "section/72",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of this Act, other than this section and sections 66 to 70, come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order appoint.\n(2) This Act may be cited as the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 72(1) power fully exercised: different dates appointed for specified provisions and purposes by S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2, Sch. (with savings in art. 3)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:08.152929+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."
}