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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-an-interconnector-licence-order-2006/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2002",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Act 1989 (Exemption from the Requirement for an Interconnector Licence) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-an-interconnector-licence-order-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;\n“the Interconnexion France Angleterre” means the electricity interconnector between Sellindge in England and Les Mandarins in France;\n“the Isle of Man Electricity Interconnector” means the electricity interconnector between Bispham in Lancashire, England and Douglas Head, Douglas, Isle of Man;\n“MCC” means Manx Cable Company Limited, registered in the Isle of Man under number 91223C;\n“MEA” means the Manx Electricity Authority, a statutory board continued under the Electricity Act 1996 (an Act of Tynwald);\n“the Moyle Interconnector” means the electricity interconnector between Auchencrosh in Scotland and Ballycronan More in Northern Ireland;\n“NIE” means Northern Ireland Electricity plc, registered in Northern Ireland under number NI026041;\n“RTE” means the operator, established in France by the Act of 10 February 2000 relating to the modernisation and development of public electricity services (LOI no 2000-108), of the French electricity grid; and\n“SONI” means SONI Limited, registered in Northern Ireland under number NI038715.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 14 – an Act of Tynwald."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/2587",
      "affecting_title": "The Electricity Act 1989 (Exemption from the Requirement for an Interconnector Licence) (Amendment) Order 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/2587",
      "affecting_title": "The Electricity Act 1989 (Exemption from the Requirement for an Interconnector Licence) (Amendment) Order 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/2587",
      "affecting_title": "The Electricity Act 1989 (Exemption from the Requirement for an Interconnector Licence) (Amendment) Order 2014"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:24:46.883391+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."
}