{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023/section-282",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023/section-282.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/52",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023",
  "path": "section/282",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "282",
  "heading": "Proceedings for offences",
  "text": "Proceedings for an offence under this Part (including an offence created by regulations under section 272 or 276)—\n(a) may not be brought in England and Wales except by or with the consent of the Secretary of State or the Director of Public Prosecutions;\n(b) may not be brought in Northern Ireland except by or with the consent of the Secretary of State or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 282 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 334(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 282 in force at 11.1.2024 by S.I. 2024/32, reg. 2(c)(vi)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/section/282",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:50:44.989649+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."
}