{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-applications-for-licences-and-extensions-of-licences-regulations-1990/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-applications-for-licences-and-extensions-of-licences-regulations-1990/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/192",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Applications for Licences and Extensions of Licences) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-applications-for-licences-and-extensions-of-licences-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;\n“application” means an application for a licence or for an extension;\n“extension” means an extension under section 6(2)(b) of the Act of a private electricity supply licence;\n“generating licence” means a licence under section 6(1)(a) of the Act;\n“private electricity supply licence” means a licence under section 6(2)(a) of the Act;\n“public electricity supply licence” means a licence under section 6(1)(c) of the Act;\n“transmission licence” means a licence under section 6(1)(b) of the Act.\n(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n(a) any reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations; and\n(b) any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which the reference occurs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/192/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:28:33.718443+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."
}