{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supplies-and-sewerage-act-northern-ireland-1945/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supplies-and-sewerage-act-northern-ireland-1945/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1945/17",
  "legislation_title": "Water Supplies and Sewerage Act (Northern Ireland) 1945",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supplies-and-sewerage-act-northern-ireland-1945",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act the following expressions shall, subject to any express provision or anything in the context to the contrary, have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—\nDefinitions rep. by 1973 NI 2\n“contravene” in relation to any provision includes failing to comply with that provision;\n...\nDefinitions rep. by 1973 NI 2\n“house” means dwelling-house, whether privately owned or not;\nDefinition rep. by 1973 NI 2\n“Ministry” has the meaning assigned to that expression by section one of this Act;\nDefinitions rep. by 1973 NI 2\nSubs.(2)(3) rep. by 1954 c.33 (NI); subs.(4) rep. by 1973 NI 2",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 16(1) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 44, Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "SRO (NI) 1964/205; 1973/504"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1945/17/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:34:08.904192+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."
}