{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/32",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Offence to carry on unlicensed activities",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person to carry on an activity within section 2(3) at a controlled place unless, at the time the activity is carried on, that person—\n(a) has a licence for the carrying on of that activity at that place, or\n(b) is carrying on the activity on behalf of a person who has such a licence.\n(2) It is an offence for a person to cause or permit another person to commit an offence under subsection (1).\n(3) But subsections (1) and (2) are subject to section 3.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 13.11.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/2809, art. 2 (with arts. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/32/section/8",
    "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."
  }
}