{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/yorkshire-water-services-limited-drought-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/112",
  "legislation_title": "The Yorkshire Water services Limited (Drought) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/yorkshire-water-services-limited-drought-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER RESOURCES, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 4th January 1996\nComing into force 5th January 1996\nWhereas the Secretary of State is satisfied that by reason of an exceptional shortage of rain, a serious deficiency of supplies of water is threatened in the area of Yorkshire Water Services Ltd;\nNow there fore the Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 73(1) and 74 of the Water Resources Act 1991, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 57; section 73 was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 22 paragraph 139."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/112/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."
}