{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-individual-exemptions-from-the-requirement-for-a-transmission-licence-coronavirus-order-2020/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-individual-exemptions-from-the-requirement-for-a-transmission-licence-coronavirus-order-2020/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/815",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Individual Exemptions from the Requirement for a Transmission Licence) (Coronavirus) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-individual-exemptions-from-the-requirement-for-a-transmission-licence-coronavirus-order-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electricity, England\nElectricity, Scotland\nMade 28th July 2020\nLaid before Parliament 31st July 2020\nComing into force 3rd October 2020\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) of the Electricity Act 1989.\nThe Secretary of State has given notice of the proposal to make this Order in accordance with section 5(2) and (3) of that Act, and consulted with the Scottish Ministers, and has considered the representations made in relation to the proposal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 29; section 5 was substituted by section 29 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27) and amended by section 145(1) and (4) of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) (“the 2004 Act”), S.I. 2012/2400 and S.I. 2014/631."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Under article 4 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1750), functions under section 5(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 are, in so far as they are exercisable in or as regards Scotland, only exercisable after consultation with the Scottish Ministers."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/815/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:27:17.254159+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."
}