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				<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/3/section/37/notes</dc:identifier><dc:subject>Water quality</dc:subject><dc:subject>Pollution</dc:subject><dc:subject>Water meters</dc:subject><dc:subject>Water pollution</dc:subject><dc:title>Explanatory Notes to Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005</dc:title><dc:creator>Scottish Executive</dc:creator><dc:publisher>King's Printer for Scotland</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2018-07-30</dc:modified>
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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/3" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2005" Number="0003">Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005</Citation></Title>
<Number>3</Number>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00343" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/3/section/37" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-37">Section 37</CitationSubRef>: Short title and commencement</Title>
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<Text><CitationSubRef id="c00345" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/3/section/37/1" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-37-1">Section 37(1)</CitationSubRef> specifies the title by which the Act should be cited.  Subsections (2) and (3) empower Ministers to bring different provisions in the Act into force at different times following Royal Assent.  This section, as well as sections 33 to 36, however, come into force on Royal Assent.</Text>
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