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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2012/article-6",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111525456",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2012",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Overall obligation period",
  "text": "(1) The overall obligation period is the period—\n(a) commencing on 1st October 2012, except for a new supplier; and\n(b) ending on 31st March 2015.\n(2) For a new supplier the overall obligation period commences on, as applicable, 1st April 2013 or 1st April 2014.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:35.077411+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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