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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heat-network-metering-and-billing-amendment-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1221",
  "legislation_title": "The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) (Amendment) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heat-network-metering-and-billing-amendment-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Energy\nMade 5th November 2020\nLaid before Parliament 6th November 2020\nComing into force 27th November 2020\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, makes the following Regulations.\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of that Act in relation to energy and energy sources.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1972 c.68. The European Communities Act 1972 was repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16) with effect from exit day, but saved with modifications until IP completion day by section 1A of that Act (as inserted by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c.1)). Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). Schedule 2, paragraph 1 to the European Communities Act 1972 limits the power under section 2(2) of that Act to create new criminal offences punishable on summary conviction to a maximum of level 5 on the standard scale. The section 2(2) power, as limited by Schedule 2, paragraph 1, was modified by section 85(2) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (2012, c.10) in relation to England and Wales with the result that the power can be exercised to create an offence punishable on summary conviction in England and Wales by a fine of any amount."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "European Communities (Designation) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/761)."
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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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