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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/327",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2016",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 25th October 2016\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 27th October 2016\nComing into force 1st January 2017\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(2) of the Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013.",
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  "annotations": [
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      "text": "2013 asp 5."
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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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