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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-a-generation-licence-no2-order-2004/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-a-generation-licence-no2-order-2004/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1776",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (No.2) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-a-generation-licence-no2-order-2004",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order grants exemptions from the requirements of section 4(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 (which prohibits the generation of electricity without a licence or exemption) to Powergen Renewables Offshore Wind Limited in respect of plant known as the Scroby Sands Wind Farm to Offshore Energy Resources Limited in respect of plant known as the Offshore Energy Resources Wind Farm and to Solway Offshore Limited in respect of plant known as the Solway Offshore Wind Farm. Two of the wind farms are situated in Scottish waters and the Order has been made after consultation with the Scottish Ministers.\nA regulatory impact assessment in respect of exemptions from the requirements of section 4(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989 was prepared in September 2001 and can be obtained from the Energy Policy Directorate, Room 226, 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",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1776/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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