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  "legislation_title": "Electricity Act 1989",
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  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/5C",
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  "number": "5C",
  "heading": "Applications under paragraph 5B: requirement for permission",
  "text": "(1) No proceedings may be taken in respect of an application under paragraph 5B unless the Inner House of the Court of Session has granted permission for the application to proceed.\n(2) The Court may grant permission under sub-paragraph (1) for an application to proceed only if it is satisfied that—\n(a) the applicant can demonstrate a sufficient interest in the subject matter of the application, and\n(b) the application has a real prospect of success.\n(3) The Court may grant permission under subsection (1) for an application to proceed—\n(a) subject to such conditions as the Court thinks fit, or\n(b) only on such of the grounds specified in the application as the Court thinks fit.",
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      "text": "Sch. 8 paras. 5B, 5C inserted (26.2.2015) by The Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/374), arts. 1(1), 4(3) (with art. 4(4))"
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