{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-quality-regulations-2000/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/3184",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-quality-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Sampling for particular substances and parameters",
  "text": "For the purposes of establishing the quality of water to be supplied to any of its water supply zones, a water undertaker shall take, or cause to be taken, and analyse, or cause to be analysed, not less than the number of samples specified in this Part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "opening text of reg. 12 renumbered as reg. 12(1)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2035",
      "affecting_title": "The Water Act 2003 (Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2035",
      "affecting_title": "The Water Act 2003 (Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3184/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:09:45.572380+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."
}