{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986-exemptions-no-1-order-1996/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986-exemptions-no-1-order-1996/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/449",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 1) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986-exemptions-no-1-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the 1986 Act” means the Gas Act 1986;\n“the 1995 Act” means the Gas Act 1995;\n“consumer” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2B to the 1986 Act, and references to a consumer’s premises shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) In this Order any reference to an article is a reference to an article thereof.\n(3) In relation to any period after 31st December 1999 during which any of the exemptions contained in this Order is in force, references in this Order to 2,500 therms shall be construed as references to 73,200 kilowatt hours.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 2B comprises the provisions of Schedule 2 to the 1995 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/449/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:51:29.000231+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."
}