{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-internal-markets-regulations-2011/regulation-25",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2011/9780111513965",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-internal-markets-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Definitions in the Utilities Act 2000",
  "text": "In section 106(1) of the Utilities Act 2000 (interpretation), in the appropriate places insert—\n““the Agency” means the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators established under the Agency Regulation;”;\n““the Agency Regulation” means Regulation 2009/713/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ;”;\n““designated regulatory authority” means an authority designated in accordance with Article 35 of the Electricity Directive or Article 39 of the Gas Directive;”;\n““designated regulatory authority for Great Britain” means the authority designated by virtue of section 3A;”;\n““the Electricity Directive” means Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC ;”; and\n““the Gas Directive” means Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC ;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 211, 14.08.2009, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 211, 14.08.2009, p. 55."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 211, 14.08.2009, p. 94."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111513965/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:53:07.010200+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."
}