{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-services-etc-scotland-act-2005-commencement-no-1-and-savings-order-2005/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/351",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-services-etc-scotland-act-2005-commencement-no-1-and-savings-order-2005",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings) Order 2005.\n(2) In this Order–\n“the 2002 Act” means the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002;\n“the 2005 Act” means the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005;\n“the Commissioner” means the Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland; and\n“the Commission” means the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 asp 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The office of the Commissioner was established by section 12 of the Water Industry Act 1999 (c. 9) and continued by section 1 of the 2002 Act. Section 1 of the 2005 Act establishes the Commission which replaces that office."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/351/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:25:02.595982+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."
}