{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-amendment-order-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/225",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-amendment-order-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electricity\nMade 17th March 2011\nComing into force 1st April 2011\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 32(1) and (2), 32A(1), (2)(f) and (g), 32C(1), (2), (3) and (5), 32J(3) and 32K(1) and (3) of the Electricity Act 1989 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 32L(1) of that Act the Scottish Ministers have consulted the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, the National Consumer Council, electricity suppliers to whom this Order applies, and such generators of electricity from renewable sources and other persons as they considered appropriate.\nIn accordance with section 32L(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c.29, sections 32 to 32M were substituted by section 37 of the Energy Act 2008 (c.32) for sections 32 to 32C."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 32L(1) of the 1989 Act refers to “the Authority”; this is defined in section 111(1) as inserted by paragraph 40(a) of Schedule 6 to the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 32L(1) of the 1989 Act refers to “the Council”; this is defined in section 111(1) as substituted by section 30(4)(b) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c.17)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/225/introduction",
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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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