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“International Energy Agency” and “International Energy Agreement” mean, respectively, the body established by the Decision of the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on 15th November 1974, and the Agreement on an International Energy Program signed at Paris on 18th November 1974;
“natural gas” means any gas derived from natural strata;
[F1“the OGA” means the Oil and Gas Authority;]
“petroleum products” means the following substances produced directly or indirectly from crude, that is to say, fuels, lubricants, bitumen, wax, industrial spirits and any wide-range substance (meaning a substance whose final boiling point at normal atmospheric pressure is more than 50°C higher than its initial boiling point);
“price controls” means orders under section 1(4) of this Act and directions under section 2 imposing requirements as to price;
[X1“Standard Industrial Classification” has the meaning assigned to it by section 6(2) of the [F2the Industry Act 1972]M1[F2the Industrial Development Act 1982]]
[F3“Standard Industrial Classification” means the revised edition published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office in 1968 of the publication of that name prepared by the Central Statistical Office [F4of the Chancellor of the Exchequer];]
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“United Kingdom legislation” includes any enactment for the time being in force in any part of the United Kingdom.
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X1Words substituted (E.W.S.) by Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Act 1984 (c. 57, SIF 64), s. 5(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 2
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 21 inserted (1.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), s. 84(3), Sch. 1 para. 5; S.I. 2016/920, reg. 2(a)
F2Words substituted (N.I.) by Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52, SIF 64), Sch. 2 para. 14
F3Words substituted (E.W.S.) by Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Act 1984 (c. 57, SIF 64), s. 5(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 2
F4Words inserted by S.I. 1989/992, art. 6(4), Sch. 2 para. 2(b)
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