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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-a-generation-licence-england-and-wales-order-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2978",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Act 1989 (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (England and Wales) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-a-generation-licence-england-and-wales-order-2006",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order grants an exemption from the requirements of section 4(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 (which prohibits the generation of electricity for supply without a licence or exemption) to Scout Moor Wind Farm Limited in respect of plant known as the Scout Moor generating station. The Order does not extend to Scotland.\nA regulatory impact assessment in respect of exemptions from the requirements of section 4(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 was prepared in 2001 and can be obtained from the Energy Markets Unit, Bay 220, Department of Trade and Industry, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET. Copies have been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2978/note",
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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."
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