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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-standards-of-performance-amendment-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1547",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-standards-of-performance-amendment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ELECTRICITY\nMade 24th June 1998\nComing into force 1st July 1998\nThe Director General of Electricity Supply, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 39 and 60 of the Electricity Act 1989, after consultation with public electricity suppliers and with persons and bodies representative of persons likely to be affected by the exercise of the powers, after considering the results of research to discover the views of a representative sample of persons likely to be affected, and with the consent of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in accordance with section 39(1)(a) of the Electricity Act 1989, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 29; section 39 was amended by section 20(1) of the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992 (c. 43)."
    }
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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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