{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-a-generation-licence-curen-england-and-wales-order-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2740",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Curen) (England and Wales) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-a-generation-licence-curen-england-and-wales-order-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order grants a time-limited exemption from the requirements of section 4(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 (which prohibits the generation of electricity for supply to any premises without a licence) to Curen Limited in relation to Lynemouth Power Station, which is located approximately 5 kilometres north-east of Ashington, in Lynemouth, Northumberland.\nA regulatory impact assessment in respect of this exemption was prepared in 2012 and can be obtained from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Energy Markets Unit, 4th Floor, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW. 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/2012/2740/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:14:53.438374+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."
}