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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-internal-markets-regulations-2020/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/96",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-internal-markets-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Utilities Act 2000",
  "text": "(1) The Utilities Act 2000 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 3A (designation of Authority as regulatory authority for Great Britain), in subsection (3), for “Article 13(2)” substitute “ Article 19(1)(b) ”.\n(3) In section 106 (interpretation), in subsection (1), for the definition of “the Agency Regulation” substitute—\n““the Agency Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2019/942 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (recast) ;”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2000 c. 27; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2011/2704 and S.I. 2019/530, which has not yet been commenced."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ No L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 22–53."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 25.2.2020, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/96/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:10.404851+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."
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