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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008-commencement-no-1-and-savings-order-2009/article-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 6th April 2009",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 6th April 2009—\n(a) in Part 1 (gas importation and storage)—\n(i) Chapter 1 (gas importation and storage zones);\n(ii) Chapter 3 (storage of carbon dioxide); and\n(iii) paragraphs 1 to 3, 6, 7 (except for paragraph 7(d), and for paragraph 7(h) so far as it relates to paragraph (a) of the definition of “gas”), 8, 12 and 13 of Schedule 1 (amendments relating to Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 1), and section 36 (chapters 2 and 3: consequential amendments) so far as it relates to those paragraphs;\n(b) in Part 3 (decommissioning of energy installations)—\n(i) Chapter 1 (nuclear sites: decommissioning and clean-up); and\n(ii) Chapter 2 (offshore renewables installations);\n(c) in Part 4 (provisions relating to oil and gas), sections 78 to 82 (third party access);\n(d) In Part 6 (general)—\n(i) paragraphs 1, 7, 8, 17 and 18 of Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments) and section 107(1) so far as it relate to those paragraphs; and\n(ii) section 108 and Schedule 6 (repeals) so far as they repeal—\n(aa) in section 66(1) of the Pipe-lines Act 1962, in the definition of “gas processing operation”, “and” after paragraph (b); and in the definition of “terminal”, “and” after paragraph (b);\n(bb) in section 12(6) of the Gas Act 1995, in the definition of “gas processing operation”, “and” at the end of paragraph (b);\n(cc) section 26(2) of the Petroleum Act 1998;\n(dd) in section 28(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998, in the definition of “gas processing operation”, “and” after paragraph (b); and\n(ee) sections 105(9) and 107(5) to (7) of the Energy Act 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1962 c.58."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c.45."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}