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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-competitive-tenders-for-smart-meter-communication-licences-regulations-2012/schedule-5/paragraph-4",
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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": "schedule/5/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In paragraph 1(i)—\n(a) “relevant person” means a person acting on behalf of the competent authority—\n(i) with respect to the tender exercise; or\n(ii) who is otherwise capable of influencing in any way the conduct of the tender exercise;\n(b) a reference to contacting a relevant person includes contact made for the purposes of discussing the possible transfer of such person to the employment of the tender participant.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 4 in force at 12.10.2012, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "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."
}