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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-standards-of-performance-suppliers-amendment-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/116",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Standards of Performance) (Suppliers) (Amendment) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-standards-of-performance-suppliers-amendment-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electricity\nGas\nMade 3rd February 2020\nComing into force 1st May 2020\nThe Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (the “Authority”) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 33A and 47 of the Gas Act 1986 (the “Gas Act”) and sections 39 and 60 of the Electricity Act 1989 (the “Electricity Act”).\nIn accordance with section 33BAA(1)(a) of the Gas Act and section 40B(1)(a) of the Electricity Act, the Authority has considered the results of research to discover the views of a representative sample of persons likely to be affected by these Regulations.\nIn accordance with section 33BAA(1)(b), (2) and (3) of the Gas Act and section 40B(1)(b), (2) and (3) of the Electricity Act, the Authority has published a notice of its proposals and considered the representations made in respect of those proposals.\nIn accordance with section 33BAA(1)(c) and (4) of the Gas Act and section 40B(1)(c) and (4) of the Electricity Act, the Authority has consulted Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland, gas suppliers, electricity suppliers, and persons and bodies appearing to be representative of persons likely to be affected by these Regulations.\nThe Secretary of State has consented to the making of these Regulations in accordance with section 33A(2) of the Gas Act and section 39(1) of the Electricity Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority was established by section 1(1) of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c.44; section 33A was inserted by section 11 of the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992 (c.43) and amended by paragraph 34 of Schedule 3 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Gas Act 1995 (c.45), and by section 90(1) of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 6 and Schedule 8 to, the Utilities Act 2000; and section 47 was amended by Schedule 2 to the Offshore Safety Act 1992 (c.15), paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992, paragraph 53 of Schedule 3 to the Gas Act 1995 and sections 3(2) and 100 of the Utilities Act 2000."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1989 c.29; section 39 was amended by sections 3(2) and 54(1) of, and paragraph 32 of Schedule 6 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to, the Utilities Act 2000; and section 60 was amended by section 3(2) of the Utilities Act 2000."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 33BAA was inserted by section 92 of the Utilities Act 2000 and amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to S.I.2014/631."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 40B was inserted by section 56 of the Utilities Act 2000 and amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2014/631."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/116/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:33:57.985113+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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