{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-competitive-tenders-for-smart-meter-communication-licences-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2414",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Competitive Tenders for Smart Meter Communication Licences) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-competitive-tenders-for-smart-meter-communication-licences-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electricity\nGas\nMade 19th September 2012\nLaid before Parliament 21st September 2012\nComing into force 12th October 2012\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 56FC and 60 of the Electricity Act 1989, and sections 41HC and 47 of the Gas Act 1986.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 29. Section 56FC was inserted by section 91 of and Schedule 4 to the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32). Section 60 was amended by section 3(2) of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 44. Section 41HC was inserted by section 91 of and Schedule 4 to the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32). Relevant amendments to section 47 were made by section 3(2) of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27) and section 10(1) of the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2414/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:18:35.142501+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."
}