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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1963/section-137",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1963/section-137.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1963/38",
  "legislation_title": "Water Resources Act 1963",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1963",
  "path": "section/137",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "137",
  "heading": "Short title and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Water Resources Act 1963.\n(2) This Act, except—\n(a) sections . . . and 126 thereof . . . , and\n(b) any provision of this Act in so far as it affects the operation of the enactments mentioned in section 126 (1) of this Act in accordance with that subsection or in so far as it affects the operation of the Border Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951,\nshall not extend to Scotland.\n(3) This Act . . . shall not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reference to s. 93(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), s. 10, Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1951 c.7."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/38/section/137",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:00:22.873349+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}