{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008/section-82K",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008/section-82K.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/32",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2008",
  "path": "section/82K",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "82K",
  "heading": "Failure to comply with direction under section 82E",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person to fail to comply with a direction under section 82E, unless the person proves that due diligence was exercised in order to avoid the failure.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000a fine, or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine, or both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4A inserted (12.11.2009 for specified purposes, 6.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 314(1), 324(1)(c), 324(1)(d); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 82K(2)(a) substituted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 42(6) (with reg. 5(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/32/section/82K",
    "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."
  }
}