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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/979",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Criminal Sanctions) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-market-integrity-and-transparency-criminal-sanctions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electricity\nGas\nMade 23rd March 2015\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to energy and energy sources.\nA draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.\nAccordingly, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, the Secretary of State makes these Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/761."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/979/introduction",
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  "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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