{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-smart-meters-licensable-activity-order-2012/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-smart-meters-licensable-activity-order-2012/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendment to section 6 (licences authorising supply, etc)",
  "text": "(1) Section 6 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) omit the word “or” after paragraph (d); and\n(b) after paragraph (e), insert—\n“; or\n(f) subject to subsection (1C), a licence authorising a person to provide a smart meter communication service (“a smart meter communication licence”).”.\n(3) After subsection (1), insert—\n“(1A) Subject to subsection (1B), the Secretary of State may grant a smart meter communication licence.\n(1B) The Secretary of State may not grant a smart meter communication licence after 1 November 2018.\n(1C) The first smart meter communication licence may only be granted by the Secretary of State.”.\n(4) After subsection (2A), insert—\n“(2B) A person may not be granted a smart meter communication licence unless the same person is at the same time granted a licence under section 7AB of the Gas Act 1986.”.\n(5) A reference in any enactment to a licence under section 6(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 or a licence under section 6(1)(f) of that Act, shall be deemed to include any licence under section 6(1A) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 6 was substituted by section 30 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27). Relevant amendments were made by sections 136, 145 and 197 of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 7AB of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) is inserted by article 21 of this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111527412/article/6",
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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."
}