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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-standards-of-performance-amendment-regulations-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/984",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-standards-of-performance-amendment-regulations-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made to correct an omission in S.I. 2023/887 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nElectricity\nMade 1st October 2024\nComing into force 1st November 2024\nThe Gas and Electricity Markets Authority makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 39A and 60 of the Electricity Act 1989.\nIn accordance with section 40B(1)(a) of that Act, the Authority arranged for such research as it considered appropriate with a view to discovering the views of a representative sample of persons likely to be affected and considered the results.\nIn accordance with section 40B(1)(b), (2) and (3) of that Act, the Authority published a notice of its proposals and considered the representations made in respect of those proposals.\nIn accordance with section 40B(1)(c) and (4) of that Act, the Authority consulted Citizens Advice, Consumer Scotland, electricity distributors, electricity suppliers, and persons and bodies appearing to be representative of persons likely to be affected by these Regulations.\nThe Secretary of State has consented to making these Regulations in accordance with section 39A(1) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority was established under section 1(1) of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c. 29; section 39A was inserted by section 54(2) of the Utilities Act 2000; and section 60 was amended by section 3(2) of the Utilities Act 2000."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 40B was inserted by section 56 of the Utilities Act 2000 and amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading’s Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/631) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/34)."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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