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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1968-repealed-1121991/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1968-repealed-1121991/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/35",
  "legislation_title": "Water Resources Act 1968 (repealed 1.12.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1968-repealed-1121991",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title, citation and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Water Resources Act 1968; and the Water Resources Act 1963 and this Act may be cited together as the Water Resources Acts 1963 and 1968.\n(2) This Act does not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1963 c. 38."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/35/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:15.319070+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."
}