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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986-exemptions-no-2-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/471",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 2) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986-exemptions-no-2-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 6A of the Gas Act 1986, substituted by section 4 of the Gas Act 1995, provides for the granting by order of exemptions from the prohibition contained in section 5 of the 1986 Act from carrying on the conveyance and supply of gas without a licence. This Order contains a number of such exemptions in respect of particular premises and addresses.\nSchedules 1 and 2 (see articles 3 and 4) relate to exemptions in respect of the conveyance of gas from the premises and addresses there mentioned to a pipe-line system operated by a public gas transporter. The exemptions to which Schedule 1 relates are subject to the condition set out in article 6, whereby the Secretary of State may direct the person so conveying gas to provide information about the calorific value and quantity of the gas to the public gas transporter.\nSchedule 3 (see article 5) relates to exemptions in respect of the supply of gas by the persons there specified to certain named premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/471/note",
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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."
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