{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-1976/section-5n1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-1976/section-5n1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/76",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-1976",
  "path": "section/5n1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Sections 1 to 4: territorial application",
  "text": "(1) A power under sections 1 to 4 may be exercised in relation to anything which is wholly or partly situated in, or to activity wholly or partly in—\n(a) the United Kingdom,\n(b) the territorial sea of the United Kingdom, or\n(c) an area designated under the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29).\n(2) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to section 2(2)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 5 inserted (19.1.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), s. 34(1), Sch. 2 para. 14; S.I. 2004/3281, art. 2(3)(4)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/76/section/5n1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:27:38.839171+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."
}