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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004-assistance-for-areas-with-high-distribution-costs-amendment-order-2020/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/146",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Act 2004 (Assistance for Areas with High Distribution Costs) (Amendment) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004-assistance-for-areas-with-high-distribution-costs-amendment-order-2020",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Insertion of articles 9 to 11 (amendment of the scheme)",
  "text": "After article 8 insert—\n“Amendment of the scheme\n9. The scheme is amended in relation to the year commencing on 1st April 2021 and subsequent years in accordance with the modifications to the conditions of licences described in articles 10 and 11.\nModifications to licences granted to authorised suppliers\n10. (1) The standard conditions of licences granted or treated as granted to authorised suppliers under section 6(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 are modified as set out in Schedule 10.\n(2) The conditions which by virtue of section 33 of the Utilities Act 2000 are the standard conditions for the purposes of licences granted to authorised suppliers after the date on which the Energy Act 2004 (Assistance for Areas with High Distribution Costs) (Amendment) Order 2020 comes into force are modified as set out in Schedule 10.\nModifications to licences granted to authorised transmitters\n11. (1) The standard conditions of licences granted or treated as granted to authorised transmitters under section 6(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 are modified as set out in Schedules 11 to 13.\n(2) The conditions which by virtue of section 33 of the Utilities Act 2000 are the standard conditions for the purposes of licences granted to authorised transmitters after the date on which the Energy Act 2004 (Assistance for Areas with High Distribution Costs) (Amendment) Order 2020 comes into force are modified as set out in Schedules 11 to 13.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 29. Section 6(1) was substituted by section 30 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27), and amended by sections 136(1) and 145(5) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 23 to, the Energy Act 2004, and by S.I. 2012/2400."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 33 was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 19 and Schedule 23 to the Energy Act 2004, by section 7(7) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c. 19), by paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), by paragraph 12 of the Schedule to the Energy Act 2010 (c. 27), by sections 22(7), 77(5) and 98(9) of the Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), by sections 65(2) and 142(2) of the Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), by section 11(2) of the Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act 2018 (c. 21), and by S.I. 2011/2704."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/146/article/5",
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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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