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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-smart-meters-licensable-activity-order-2012/article-3",
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  "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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment to section 3A (the principal objective and general duties of the Secretary of State and the Authority)",
  "text": "In section 3A(5)—\n(a) in paragraph (a)—\n(i) after “transmission of electricity”, for “or”, substitute “,”; and\n(ii) after “electricity interconnectors”, insert “or to provide a smart meter communication service”; and\n(b) after each instance of “supply of electricity”, insert “or the provision of a smart meter communication service”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 3A was inserted by section 13 of the Utilities Act (c. 27). Subsection (5) was amended by sections 83, 143(1), 147 and 179 the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), sections 83(2)(c) and 108 of the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32) and section 17(1) and (6) of the Energy Act 2010 (c. 27)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111527412/article/3",
    "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."
}