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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1234",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-amendment-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electricity\nMade 7th December 2017\nLaid before Parliament 11th December 2017\nComing into force 1st January 2018\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to energy and energy sources, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See article 6 of S.I. 2010/761."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). Section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) provides that, despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to observing and implementing obligations under EU law, any function of a Minister of the Crown shall continue to be exercisable by the Minister as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972."
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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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