{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/6",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Restrictions on enforcement of security",
  "text": "(1) No step to enforce a security over property of a protected energy company is to be taken by any person, unless—\n(a) notice of intention to do so has been served both on the Department and on the Authority; and\n(b) a period of at least 14 days has elapsed since the service of the last of those notices to be served.\n(2) In the case of a protected energy company which is a non-NI company, the reference in subsection (1) to the property of the company is a reference only to its property in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 19-33: power to apply (with modifications) conferred (26.10.2023) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), s. 334(2)(l), Sch. 18 para. 50"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/6/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:56.391397+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."
}