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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-scotland-act-2013/section-5",
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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": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Qualifying abstraction",
  "text": "(1) In this Part, “qualifying abstraction” means abstraction of water by any person—\n(a) from a particular body of inland water within Scotland, and\n(b) at a rate above the relevant threshold.\n(2) In this Part, “abstraction” in relation to a body of inland water has the same meaning as in section 20(3)(b) of the 2003 Act in relation to a body of water of the sort to which that section relates (see section 20(6) of that Act).\n(3) In this Part, “inland water” is as defined by section 3 of the 2003 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 10.6.2013 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2013/163, art. 3, Sch."
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  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2014/3",
      "affecting_title": "Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:31.281987+00:00"
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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."
}