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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-a-generation-licence-scotland-order-2005/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-a-generation-licence-scotland-order-2005/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3041",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Scotland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-exemption-from-the-requirement-for-a-generation-licence-scotland-order-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order grants an exemption from the requirements of section 4(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 (which prohibits the generation of electricity without a licence or exemption) to Farr Windfarm Limited in respect of the plant known as Farr Wind Farm and to Mid Hill Wind Limited in respect of plant known as Mid Hill Wind Farm. Both wind farms are situated in Scotland 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 2001 and can be obtained from Energy Markets Unit, Bay 220, 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": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3041/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:42.067323+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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