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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2013/schedule-7/paragraph-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2013/schedule-7/paragraph-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/32",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/28",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Act “financial year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31st March.\n(2) But the first financial year of the ONR is—\n(a) the period beginning with the date on which section 77 comes into force and ending with the following 31st March, or\n(b) if the Secretary of State so directs, such other period not exceeding 2 years as may be specified in the direction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 28 in force at 10.3.2014 by S.I. 2014/251, art. 3(b)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:00.488945+00:00"
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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."
}