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  "title": "The Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order 2001",
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  "long_title": "This Order revokes and re-enacts the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order 1997 with amendments. It grants exemption from the requirements of section 4(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 (“the Act”) (which prohibits the generation of electricity without a licence), section 4(1)(bb) of the Act (which prohibits the distribution of electricity without a licence) and section 4(1)(c) of the Act (which prohibits the supply of electricity to premises without a licence) to persons of various classes. The classes of persons who are exempt from the requirement to hold a licence to generate electricity are set out in Schedule 2, the classes of persons who are exempt from the requirement to hold a licence to distribute electricity are set out in Schedule 3 and the classes of persons who are exempt from the requirement to hold a licence to supply electricity to premises are set out in Schedule 4. A person may qualify for exemption by falling within more than one class in a Schedule (article 3(2)).",
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