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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/green-deal-acknowledgment-regulations-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1661",
  "legislation_title": "The Green Deal (Acknowledgment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/green-deal-acknowledgment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are one of a number of statutory instruments which establish the green deal energy efficiency scheme (“the Green Deal Scheme”) using powers conferred by Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2011 (c.16.) (“the Act”).\nThese Regulations, which apply to England and Wales, make provision relating to the requirement to secure an acknowledgment of a green deal plan where there is or may be a change of electricity bill payer at a green deal property. An acknowledgment is required by section 14(2) of the Act and regulations 44, 46, 48 and 50 of the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012.\nRegulation 1 provides for the commencement of these Regulations.\nRegulation 2 defines terms that are used in the Regulations.\nRegulation 3 provides for the form of acknowledgment that must be used where a green deal plan contains a term allowing a green deal provider to require early repayment of credit.\nRegulation 4 provides for the form of acknowledgment that must be used where a green deal plan does not contain a term allowing a green deal provider to require early repayment of credit.\nRegulation 5 provides for the circumstances in which a person will not be required to obtain an acknowledgment under section 14(2) of the Act.\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. However, a full impact assessment of the effect that the Green Deal Scheme will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Green Deal Legislation Team, Department of Energy and Climate Change at 3 Whitehall Place, SW1A 2AW and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012 were laid before Parliament in draft on 11th June 2012 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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