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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991/schedule-6/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991/schedule-6/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/57",
  "legislation_title": "Water Resources Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where an order is made under section 27A(1) or 39B(3) of this Act, whether in the form of the draft proposed by the appropriate agency or with alterations, the Secretary of State shall give notice to the appropriate agency—\n(a) stating that the order has been made, either without alteration or with alterations specified in the notice; and\n(b) specifying the date (not being earlier than twenty-eight days after the date of the notice under this paragraph) on which the order shall have effect;\nand the appropriate agency shall forthwith publish the notice.\n(2) The appropriate agency shall keep a copy of every order made under section 27A(1) or 39B(3) of this Act available at its offices for inspection by the public, free of charge, at all reasonable times.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 substituted (1.4.2004) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), s. 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 14; S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(y), Sch. 2 (with Sch. 3 para. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 paras. 2-4 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 308(3) (with Sch. 7)"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
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      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/57/schedule/6/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:46.190861+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."
}