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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-licence-application-regulations-2005/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-licence-application-regulations-2005/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1638",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Supply Licence (Application) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-licence-application-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND & WALES\nMade 16th June 2005\nLaid before Parliament 17th June 2005\nComing into force\nFor the purposes of Regulations 1, 2 and 3 11th July 2005\nFor all other purposes 1st August 2005\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 17F, 213(2)(d), (e) and (f) and 219(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991 hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 56; section 17F was inserted by section 56 of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37). See section 219(1) for the definition of “prescribed”."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1638/introduction",
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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."
}