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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-generating-stations-and-overhead-lines-inquiries-procedure-rules-1987/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-generating-stations-and-overhead-lines-inquiries-procedure-rules-1987/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2182",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Generating Stations and Overhead Lines (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-generating-stations-and-overhead-lines-inquiries-procedure-rules-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules prescribe the procedure to be followed at public inquiries held under section 34 of the Electricity Act 1957 in connection with —\n(i) applications by the Central Electricity Generating Board or any Area Electricity Boards in England and Wales under section 2 of the Electric Lighting Act 1909 for consent to construct or extend a generating station on any land, and\n(ii) applications by the Central Electricity Generating Board or any Area Electricity Board in England and Wales under section 10(b) of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 for consent to place an overhead electric line, other than a service line to a consumer or a line within premises in the sole occupation or control of an Electricity Board.\nThe Electricity Generating Stations and Overhead Lines (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1981 are revoked, but are to continue to apply to any inquiry which commenced before these Rules have come into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2182/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:45.849144+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."
}