{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-prevention-of-pollution-code-of-practice-order-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2285",
  "legislation_title": "The Water (Prevention of Pollution) (Code of Practice) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-prevention-of-pollution-code-of-practice-order-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nWATER, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 1st October 1991\nComing into force 22nd October 1991\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 116(1) of the Water Act 1989, after consultation in accordance with section 116(3) of the said Act with the National Rivers Authority, hereby make the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 15. See the definition of “the Minister” in section 189(1)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2285/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."
}