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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-2000/article-14",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/3343",
  "legislation_title": "The Utilities Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-2000",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) In the case of any continuing dispute which has been referred under section 27A of the Gas Act to the Director General of Gas Supply, the Authority (which for the purposes of this article includes any arbitrator or arbiter appointed pursuant to section 27A(1)(b) of the Gas Act) shall exercise its functions in respect of such a dispute as if, notwithstanding any provisions of the Act, sections 4 and 4A of the Gas Act had not been replaced.\n(2) For the purposes of this article “continuing dispute” means one which has been referred to the Director General of Gas Supply but not determined before 20th December 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 27A of the Gas Act was inserted by the Gas Act 1995, Schedule 3, paragraph 26."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3343/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:08:17.051248+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}