{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-quality-regulations-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-quality-regulations-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1147",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-quality-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 6th July 1989\nLaid before Parliament 7th July 1989\nComing into force\nExcept for regulations 13, 17, 18 and 19 1st September 1989\nRegulations 13, 17, 18 and 19 1st January 1990\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 52, 53, 56, 65 and 185(2) of the Water Act 1989, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf (those powers being exercised by the Secretaries of State either jointly or separately in the manner set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations), hereby make the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 15."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1147/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."
}