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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024/schedule-24/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2024/13",
  "legislation_title": "Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024",
  "path": "schedule/24/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Arrangements for the supply of utilities",
  "text": "(1) Arrangements for—\n(a) the supply of water under a relevant duty to supply water;\n(b) the supply of electricity under an electricity supply licence;\n(c) the supply of gas under a gas supply licence;\n(d) the supply of heating, cooling or hot water by means of a relevant heat network under a heat network authorisation.\n(2) In this paragraph—\n“electricity supply licence” means a licence granted under section 6 of the Electricity Act 1989 or Article 10 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/231 (N.I.1));\n“gas supply licence” means a licence granted under section 7A(1) of the Gas Act 1986 or Article 8(1)(c) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I.2));\n“heat network authorisation” means an authorisation conferred under regulations made under section 219 of the Energy Act 2023;\n“relevant duty to supply water” means the duty imposed by—\n(a) section 52 of the Water Industry Act 1991;\n(b) Article 91 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21));\n(c) section 6 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980;\n“relevant heat network” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 8 of the Energy Act 2023 (see section 216 of that Act).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 24 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 339(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 24 para. 2 in force at 1.1.2026 by S.I. 2025/272, reg. 3"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/24/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:35:09.592730+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."
}