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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-etc-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-70",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111179772",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-etc-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/70",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Utilities Act 2000",
  "text": "In section 106 (interpretation)—\n(a) omit the definition of “the Agency”;\n(b) omit the definition of “the Agency Regulation”;\n(c) omit the definition of “designated regulatory authority”;\n(d) omit the definition of “designated regulatory authority for Great Britain”;\n(e) at the appropriate place insert—\n““designated regulatory function” means a function of the Authority or the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation conferred by—\n(a) a provision of retained EU law, as amended from time to time after exit day, or\n(b) a condition in—\n(i) a licence under section 7, 7ZA or 7A of the Gas Act 1986 or Article 8 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)), or\n(ii) a licence under section 6 or Article 10 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)),\nas that condition is modified from time to time on or after exit day,\nwhere that function was, immediately before exit day, one of its functions as a regulatory authority designated in accordance with Article 35 of the Electricity Directive or Article 39 of the Gas Directive;.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111179772/regulation/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:01:16.883466+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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