{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000/schedule-6/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000/schedule-6/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/27",
  "legislation_title": "Utilities Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 30 (electrical inspectors) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2)—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) in paragraph (b) after “transmission” there is inserted “ , distribution ”;\n(c) in paragraph (c) for “supply of electricity through or by” there is substituted “ conveyance of electricity through ”.\n(3) In subsection (3)—\n(a) in paragraph (b) for “generate, transmit or supply electricity” there is substituted “ carry on licensable activities ”;\n(b) in paragraph (c) for the words from “persons” to “supply” (in the second place it appears) there is substituted “ electricity distributors from any duty under section 16 or authorising them to disconnect any premises or distribution system ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 31(2)(a) repealed (1.9.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), s. 198(2), Sch. 23 Pt. 1; S.I. 2004/2184, art. 2(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 31 in force at 1.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/27/schedule/6/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:43.947420+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."
}