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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2013/schedule-9/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2013",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 2 does not prohibit a disclosure of protected information if it is made with the appropriate consent.\n(2) For this purpose “the appropriate consent” means—\n(a) if the information was obtained as mentioned in paragraph 1(1) as a result of any premises being entered—\n(i) by an inspector in exercise of a relevant power,\n(ii) by a health and safety inspector in exercise of a power under section 20 of the 1974 Act, or\n(iii) by an ONR inquiry official in exercise of an ONR inquiry power,\nthe consent of a person having responsibilities in relation to the premises;\n(b) in any other case, the consent of the person from whom the information was obtained, or who provided it, as mentioned in paragraph 1(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 7 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/251, art. 4"
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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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