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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/32",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Model clauses",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations prescribing model clauses for licences.\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), the model clauses, as they have effect at the time a licence is granted, are deemed to be incorporated into the licence.\n(3) The OGA may decide to exclude or modify one or more of those model clauses in the case of a particular licence.\n(4) Before making any regulations under this section, the Secretary of State must consult the OGA.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 7(3) substituted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 45(2); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 7(4) inserted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 45(3); S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 13.11.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/2809, art. 2 (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/32/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:30.740276+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}