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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-connection-offer-expenses-regulations-2018/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-connection-offer-expenses-regulations-2018/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/254",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Connection Offer Expenses) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-connection-offer-expenses-regulations-2018",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision for electricity distributors to charge for the cost of providing an electricity connection offer where a person (“the applicant”) who requires an electricity connection to be made has given notice under section 16A(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 requiring the electricity distributor to offer terms for making the connection under section 16A(5) of that Act.\nThe Regulations set out the kinds of expenses which may be charged by the electricity distributor. However, expenses cannot be charged unless the distributor has informed the applicant in writing that the applicant may be required to pay expenses of that kind before the expenses are incurred.\nThe Regulations require the electricity distributor to give notice to the applicant of the amount to be paid by the applicant and how the amount has been determined. The notice must also include a statement of the effect of section 23 of the Electricity Act 1989, which provides for the resolution of disputes between electricity distributors and persons requiring a connection.\nThe requirement to pay applies whether or not the applicant subsequently accepts the electricity connection offer.\nAn impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy at 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/254/note",
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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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