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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004/section-186",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/20",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004",
  "path": "section/186",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "186",
  "heading": "Restrictions on disclosure of information",
  "text": "In section 105 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27) (general restrictions on disclosure of information)—\n(a) in subsection (1)(a) for “or Part I of the 1989 Act” substitute “ , Part 1 of the 1989 Act or section 184(5) or 185(5) of the Energy Act 2004 ”; and\n(b) in subsection (3)(a) after “1989 Act” insert “ , section 184 or 185 of the Energy Act 2004 ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 171-196: power to apply (with modifications) conferred (26.10.2023) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), s. 334(2)(l), Sch. 18 para. 50"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 186 in force at 5.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
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    "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."
}