{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-order-2001/article-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3266",
  "legislation_title": "The Utilities Act 2000 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions ) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-order-2001",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where—\n(a) before the appointed day a dispute has arisen under paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Electricity Act between a public electricity supplier and a customer; and\n(b) that dispute has not been referred to the Authority as provided for in section 23(1) of the Electricity Act or has been so referred but has not been determined\nand in this article such a dispute shall be referred to as a “continuing dispute”.\n(2) On and after the appointed day a continuing dispute shall have effect as a dispute between the supply successor and the customer.\n(3) On and after the appointed day section 23 of the Electricity Act (as amended by paragraphs 24 and 26 of Schedule 6) shall apply to a continuing dispute.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 7 to the Electricity Act was amended by the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992, Schedule 1, paragraph 16. With effect from the appointed day Schedule 7 is amended by Schedule 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3266/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:28:04.593119+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."
}