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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-1976-commencement-no-3-order-1977/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1977/652",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Act 1976 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-1976-commencement-no-3-order-1977",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following provisions of the Energy Act 1976 shall come into operation on 1st May 1977:—\n(a) sections 8 to 11 (offshore natural gas);\n(b) section 12 (disposal of gas by flaring etc.);\n(c) sections 17 to 22 and Schedules 2 and 4 (miscellaneous and general) so far as not already in operation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/652/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:03:53.783658+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."
}