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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fuel-poverty-targets-definition-and-strategy-scotland-act-2019/section-16",
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  "legislation": "asp/2019/10",
  "legislation_title": "Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fuel-poverty-targets-definition-and-strategy-scotland-act-2019",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Power to modify section 3",
  "text": "The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend section 3 so as to—\n(a) modify the meaning of—\n(i) requisite temperatures,\n(ii) requisite number of hours,\nin subsection (3) of that section,\n(b) modify the definitions for the time being in subsection (10) of that section,\n(c) make different provision as to when a household's remaining adjusted net income is sufficient, or is insufficient, to maintain an acceptable standard of living for members of the household.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 in force at 19.9.2019 by S.S.I. 2019/277, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/10/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:32:25.695440+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."
}