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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-prevention-of-pollution-code-of-practice-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3084",
  "legislation_title": "The Water (Prevention of Pollution) (Code of Practice) Order 1998",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nWATER RESOURCES, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 9th December 1998\nComing into force 22nd January 1999\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales (“the Ministers”), acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 97(1) of the Water Resources Act 1991, after consultation in accordance with section 97(3) of the said Act with the Environment Agency, hereby make the following Order:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 57. See the definitions of “the Minister” and “the Ministers” in section 221(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 97(3) was amended by the Environment Act 1995, Schedule 22, paragraph 128."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3084/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."
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