{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004/section-170",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004/section-170.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/20",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004",
  "path": "section/170",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "170",
  "heading": "Modification of Chapter 3 of Part 3 under Enterprise Act 2002",
  "text": "(1) The power to modify or apply enactments conferred on the Secretary of State by each of the sections of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) mentioned in subsection (2) includes power to make such consequential modifications of this Chapter (including this Chapter as applied by section 96 of the Energy Act 2011 , section 4 of the Smart Meters Act 2018 , section 33 of the Nuclear Energy (Finance) Act 2022 or section 44 of the Energy Act 2023) as he considers appropriate in connection with any other provision made under that section.\n(2) Those sections are—\n(a) sections 248 and 277 (amendments consequential on that Act); and\n(b) section 254 (power to apply insolvency law to foreign companies).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 170(1) inserted (18.12.2011) by Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), ss. 100(3), 121(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 170(1) substituted (31.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.6.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act 2022 (c. 15), ss. 37(2), 44(1)(c)(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 170(1) substituted (26.12.2023) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), ss. 47(3), 334(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 154-171 modified (1.10.2005) by Energy Administration Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/2483), rules 1, 184 (with rules 3, 187)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 154-171 modified (7.6.2013) by The Energy Supply Company Administration Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1046), rules 1, 205(2)-(4) (with rules 3, 208)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Ss. 154-171 modified (E.W.) (1.8.2020) by The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/629), rules 1, 3(2)-(4) (with rule 4(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 3 Ch. 3: power to modify conferred (31.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.6.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act 2022 (c. 15), ss. 38, 44(1)(c)(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 170 in force at 5.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/20/section/170",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:05.990250+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."
}