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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracts-for-difference-counterparty-designation-order-2014/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1709",
  "legislation_title": "The Contracts for Difference (Counterparty Designation) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracts-for-difference-counterparty-designation-order-2014",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nBy section 7 of the Energy Act 2013 (c.32), the Secretary of State may designate an eligible person as a counterparty for contracts for difference (a “CFD counterparty”), where that person consents to the designation. This Order designates Low Carbon Contracts Company Ltd (company registration number 08818711) as a CFD counterparty. This is the first designation made under section 7 of the Energy Act 2013.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1709/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:11:20.394859+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."
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