{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-8B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-8B.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2003/419",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-northern-ireland-order-2003",
  "path": "article/8B",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8B",
  "heading": "Duty on the authority to have regard to the need for consultation and co-operation with regard to other authorities: gas",
  "text": "(1) When carrying out its designated regulatory gas functions, the Authority shall, to the extent it considers necessary, consider whether there is a need to—\n(a) consult and co-operate with the Great Britain authority or the regulatory authorities of other countries or territories;\n(b) provide the Great Britain authority with information it may require in order to carry out any functions of the Great Britain authority corresponding to the Authority’s designated regulatory gas functions; and\n(c) consult relevant national authorities.\n(2) In this Article, “relevant national authorities” has the same meaning as in Article 8A(3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 8B inserted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/530, reg. 134A (as inserted by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1016), regs. 1(2), 3(48))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2003/419/article/8B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:20.413064+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."
}