{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-prevention-of-pollution-code-of-practice-scotland-order-1992/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/395",
  "legislation_title": "The Water (Prevention of Pollution) (Code of Practice) (Scotland) Order 1992",
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  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Code of Practice",
  "text": "The Code of Good Practice for the Prevention of Environmental Pollution from Agricultural Activity of which a copy was deposited in each House of Parliament on 6th March 1992 and which was issued by the Secretary of State on that date, in so far as it was issued for the purpose of—\n(a) giving practical guidance to persons engaged in agriculture with respect to activities that may affect controlled waters; and\n(b) promoting what appears to him to be desirable practices by such persons for avoiding or minimising the pollution of any such waters,\nis hereby approved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the definition of “controlled waters” in section 30A(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974, inserted by the Water Act 1989, Schedule 23, paragraph 4."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/395/article/2",
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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."
}