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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-meters-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/422",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Meters Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-meters-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Water And Sewerage Services\nLaid before the Assembly in draft\nMade 6th December 2016\nComing into operation 7th December 2016\nThe Department for Infrastructure makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(1) and (2) of the Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 .\nA consultation has been carried out in accordance with the requirements of section 3(7) of the Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and Schedule 1 of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2016 c.7 (N.I.)"
    }
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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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