{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-smart-meters-licensable-activity-order-2012/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-smart-meters-licensable-activity-order-2012/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111527412",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Smart Meters Licensable Activity) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-smart-meters-licensable-activity-order-2012",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Amendment to section 5 (prohibition on unlicensed activities)",
  "text": "(1) Section 5 (prohibition on unlicensed activities) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) omit the word “or” after paragraph (b); and\n(b) after paragraph (c), insert—\n“; or\n(d) provides a smart meter communication service,”.\n(3) After subsection (10), insert—\n“(11) A reference in this Part to providing a smart meter communication service is a reference to making arrangements with each domestic supplier to provide a service, for such suppliers, of communicating relevant information to and from smart meters through which gas is supplied to domestic premises.\n(12) In this section—\n“domestic supplier” means a gas supplier—\n(a) who is authorised, in accordance with the conditions of a licence, to supply gas to domestic premises; and\n(b) who supplies gas to domestic premises in accordance with that licence;\n“external electronic communications network” means a network which—\n(a) is an electronic communications network, within the meaning of section 32 of the Communications Act 2003; and\n(b) does not form part of a smart meter;\n“relevant information” means information relating to the supply of gas; and\n“smart meter” means—\n(a) a gas meter which can send and receive information using an external electronic communications network; or\n(b) a gas meter and a device which is associated with or ancillary to that meter and which enables information to be sent to and received by the meter using an external electronic communications network.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 5 was substituted by section 3 of the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45). Relevant amendments were made by section 108 of and Schedules 6 (Part 1, paragraphs 1 and 3) and 8 to the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27) and section 149 of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2003 c. 21, as amended by SI 2011/1210."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111527412/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:20.947354+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."
}