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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023-commencement-no-1-regulations-2024/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023-commencement-no-1-regulations-2024/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/32",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023-commencement-no-1-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 31st January 2024",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 31st January 2024—\n(a) in Part 5 (Independent System Operator and Planner)—\n(i) sections 161 and 162 (Independent System Operator and Planner: functions and designation);\n(ii) sections 163 to 165 (general duties);\n(iii) section 166(1) and (3) to (10) (licensing of electricity system operator activity);\n(iv) section 167 (direction for transmission licence to have effect as electricity system operator licence);\n(v) section 168(1) and (3) to (5) (licensing of gas system planning activity);\n(vi) sections 171 to 173 (advice, analysis and information);\n(vii) sections 176 and 177 (financial assistance and funding);\n(viii) section 178 (principal objective and general duties of the Secretary of State and GEMA under Part 5) insofar as it is not already in force ;\n(ix) section 179 and paragraphs 3, 6, 7 and 8 only of Schedule 11 (minor and consequential amendments);\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) in Chapter 2 of Part 14 (Civil Nuclear Constabulary), section 310 (publication of three-year strategy plan).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 3(b) omitted (30.1.2024) by virtue of The Energy Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/98), regs. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at made date"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 178 was partially commenced by section 334(h)(iii) of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/32/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:36:08.489257+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}