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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-class-exemptions-from-the-requirement-for-a-licence-amendment-order-2007/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-class-exemptions-from-the-requirement-for-a-licence-amendment-order-2007/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/629",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) (Amendment) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-class-exemptions-from-the-requirement-for-a-licence-amendment-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends Schedule 3 to the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3270) to add a new class exemption from the requirement of section 4(1)(bb) of the Electricity Act 1989 (which prohibits the distribution of electricity without a licence). The new class exemption applies to those who are engaged in the activity of offshore distribution, that is those who distribute electricity generated by a generating station in offshore waters usually for the purposes of conveying it onshore.\nDistributors who fall within the Class D exemption will be subject to the condition in article 4(4)(a) of the 2001 Order. This Order adds a further condition such that the exemption will not apply to offshore distributors who convey electricity directly to domestic premises.\nA regulatory impact assessment is available and can be obtained from Katherine Watson, Department of Trade and Industry, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET. Copies have been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/629/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:59:30.838380+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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