{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-use-temporary-bans-order-2010/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-use-temporary-bans-order-2010/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2231",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Use (Temporary Bans) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-use-temporary-bans-order-2010",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definition of “using a hosepipe”",
  "text": "(1) Using a hosepipe, in relation to a purpose in section 76(2) of the Act, includes the following—\n(a) drawing relevant water through a hosepipe from a container and applying it for the purpose;\n(b) filling or partly filling a container with relevant water by means of a hosepipe and applying it for the purpose.\n(2) In paragraph (1), “relevant water” does not include water supplied by a water undertaker before the use of water to which the purpose relates was prohibited under section 76(1) of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 1.10.2010, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2231/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:38.075488+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."
}