{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-supply-regulations-1988/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-supply-regulations-1988/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1057",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Supply Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-supply-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "General conditions as to consumers",
  "text": "(1) No supplier shall be compelled to commence or, subject to regulation 28, to continue to give a supply to any consumer unless he is reasonably satisfied that each part of the consumer’s installation is so constructed, installed, protected and used, so far as is reasonably practicable, as to prevent danger and not to cause undue interference with the supplier’s system or with the supply to others.\n(2) Any consumer’s installation which complies with the provisions of the Institution of Electrical Engineers Regulations shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this regulation as to safety.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/2961",
      "affecting_title": "The Electricity Supply (Amendment) Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/2961",
      "affecting_title": "The Electricity Supply (Amendment) Regulations 1992"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1057/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:05:02.727864+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."
}