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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-prepayment-meter-regulations-2006/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-prepayment-meter-regulations-2006/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2010",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Prepayment Meter) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-prepayment-meter-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ELECTRICITY\nMade 23rd July 2006\nComing into force 1st September 2006\nThe Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 to the Electricity Act 1989 and by section 60 of that Act, and, in accordance with paragraph 12(5) of Schedule 7 to that Act, after consultation with representative organisations and with the consent of the Secretary of State, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority was established by section 1 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c. 29; paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 to the Electricity Act was inserted by section 181 of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2010/introduction",
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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."
}