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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-quality-regulations-2016/regulation-38",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/614",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-quality-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Contraventions by relevant suppliers",
  "text": "Any duty or requirement imposed by Parts 4 to 9 of these Regulations on a relevant supplier is enforceable under section 18 of the Act by the Secretary of State or the Authority , whether or not it constitutes an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 219(1) of the Act defines “the Authority” as the Water Services Regulation Authority."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/614/regulation/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:23:06.508330+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."
}