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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-savings-opportunity-scheme-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1182",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-savings-opportunity-scheme-amendment-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Regulation 2 amended (interpretation)",
  "text": "In regulation 2(1) at the appropriate places insert—\n““areas of significant energy consumption” has the meaning given in regulation 25(2);”\n““energy intensity ratio” has the meaning given in regulation 25C(2);”\n““energy saving category” means one of the following methods by which a participant can improve its energy efficiency—\n(a) an energy management practice,\n(b) a behaviour change intervention,\n(c) training,\n(d) a control,\n(e) capital investment, or\n(f) a method not falling within paragraph (a) to (e);”\n““energy saving measure” has the meaning given in regulation 27A(7)(d);”\n““energy saving opportunity” has the meaning given in regulation 27(1)(c);”\n““ESOS action plan” has the meaning given in regulation 34A(3);”\n““ESOS progress update” has the meaning given in regulation 34B(2);”\n““ESOS report” has the meaning given in regulation 27A(4);”\n““kWh” means kilowatt hours;”\n““organisational purpose” means one of the following purposes for which energy is consumed by assets held, or activities are carried on, by a participant—\n(a) for transport,\n(b) for an industrial process,\n(c) for buildings, or\n(d) for any other purpose not falling within paragraph (a) to (c);”\n““reference period” has the meaning given in regulation 22(5);”\n““significant energy consumption” has the meaning given in regulation 25(4);”\n““standard industrial classification” means the Office for National Statistics’ “UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 (SIC 2007)”;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Published by the Office of National Statistics. For information on how to obtain a hard copy, contact the Office for National Statistics, Classifications and Harmonisation Unit, Government Buildings, Cardiff Road, Newport, South Wales, NP10 8XG. For an electronic copy, see https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/ukstandardindustrialclassificationofeconomicactivities/uksic2007"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1182/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:38:56.986242+00:00"
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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."
}