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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-scotland-act-2013/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "asp/2013/5",
  "legislation_title": "Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-scotland-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where the Scottish Ministers make a water shortage order that restricts or prohibits the abstraction of water by any person, the Scottish Ministers must give the person—\n(a) a copy of the order,\n(b) a notice—\n(i) explaining the effect of the order in relation to the abstraction of water by the person,\n(ii) explaining the effect of the order in relation to any associated authorisation under the Controlled Activities Regulations,\n(iii) specifying the period for which the restriction or prohibition has effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 10.6.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/163, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/5/schedule/1/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:31.281987+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."
}