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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-undertakers-extension-of-byelaws-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/878",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Undertakers (Extension of Byelaws) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-undertakers-extension-of-byelaws-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES\nWALES\nMade 6th March 1997\nComing into force 31st March 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of his powers conferred by section 19(6) of the Water Act 1945 and now vested in him, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1945 c. 42; see section 59(1) for the definition of “Minister”, and the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60), Schedule 2 paragraph 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1951/142, 1951, 1900, 1965/319 and 1970/1681."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/878/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."
}