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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/45",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008-commencement-no-1-and-savings-order-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 26th January 2009",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 26th January 2009—\n(a) in Part 2 (electricity from renewable sources)—\n(i) section 38(2) (section 37: supplemental provision);\n(ii) section 39 (existing savings relating to section 32 of the Electricity Act 1989);\n(iii) section 40 (the Northern Ireland renewables obligation); and\n(iv) sections 41 to 43 (feed-in tariffs for small-scale generation of electricity);\n(b) in Part 3 (decommissioning of energy installations)—\n(i) sections 72 to 74 (oil and gas installations); and\n(ii) section 75 (wells);\n(c) in Part 4 (provisions relating to oil and gas)—\n(i) section 76 (transfers without the consent of the Secretary of State); and\n(ii) section 77 (model clauses of petroleum licences) and Schedule 3 (petroleum licences: amendments to model clauses);\n(d) in Part 5 (miscellaneous)—\n(i) section 83 (duties of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority);\n(ii) section 87 (energy reports);\n(iii) section 94 (power to amend licence conditions: gas);\n(iv) section 97 (power to amend licence conditions: electricity);\n(v) section 98 (connection offer expenses);\n(vi) section 100 (renewable heat incentives); and\n(vii) section 101 (security of sensitive nuclear information);\n(e) in Part 6 (general)—\n(i) section 103 (offences by bodies corporate etc);\n(ii) for all remaining purposes, section 104 (subordinate legislation);\n(iii) for all remaining purposes, section 105 (parliamentary control of subordinate legislation);\n(iv) paragraphs 2, 4, 6, 9 to 14, 15(a) and 15(b), 16 and 21 of Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments) and section 107(1) so far as it relates to those paragraphs;\n(v) section 107(2) and (3)(minor and consequential amendments);\n(vi) section 108 and Schedule 6 (repeals) so far as they repeal—\n(aa) section 4AA(5)(ba) of the Gas Act 1986;\n(bb) section 3A(5)(ba) of the Electricity Act 1989;\n(cc) in section 31(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998, “(d) or”;\n(dd) in section 34(3) of the Petroleum Act 1998, “(d) or”;\n(ee) in section 33(1) of the Utilities Act 2000 “or” at the end of paragraph (b);\n(ff) in section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003, subsection (1A)(a), (b) and (c), and subsections (1B) and (1C);\n(gg) section 81(3) of the Energy Act 2004;\n(hh) in section 5 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006, in subsection (2) “and as if” to the end;\n(ii) section 18 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006; and\n(jj) section 22(b) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 and “and” immediately preceding it; and\n(vii) section 109 (transitional provision etc).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c.44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c.29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1998 c.17."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2000 c.27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2003 c.30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "2004 c.20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "2006 c.19."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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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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