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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2023/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348248340",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2023",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Definition of a participant",
  "text": "(1) A licence-holder is a participant in relation to an ECO4A phase if the licence-holder is an ECO4 participant in relation to the equivalent ECO4 phase.\n(2) Where a dual licence-holder is a participant by virtue of paragraph (1), that licence-holder is to be treated under this Order as two participants, of which—\n(a) one is a participant in respect of the supply of electricity; and\n(b) the other is a participant in respect of the supply of gas.\n(3) In this article—\n“dual licence-holder” means a person holding a licence under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989 and a licence under section 7A(1) of the Gas Act 1986;\n“ECO4 participant” means a “participant” within the meaning of the 2022 Order.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:18.647211+00:00"
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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."
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