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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008-consequential-amendments-order-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/556",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008-consequential-amendments-order-2009",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends sections 32F, 32I and 32K of the Electricity Act 1989 (c.29) (“the Act”).\nSection 37 of the Energy Act 2008 (c.32) replaces sections 32 to 32C of the Act with sections 32 to 32M from 1st April 2009. Sections 32F and 32I contain references to the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/419 (N.I. 6)). Following the making of the Energy (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. (NI) 2009 No 35), these references need to be amended. Those amendments are made by this Order: see article 2(2) and (3).\nSection 32K(2) of the Act has also been amended to allow transitional and saving provisions to be made in respect of certificates issued by the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation before 1st April 2009 under the Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. (NI) 2007 No 104): see article 2(4).\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/556/note",
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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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