Amendment of section 48 of the 1986 ActI16

In Section 48(1) of the 1986 Act M1 (interpretation of Part 1 and savings)—

a

for the definition of “the Gas Directive” substitute—

the Gas Directive” means Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/ECM2, as amended by the 2019 Amending Directive;

b

insert at the appropriate place—

the 2019 Amending Directive” means Directive (EU) 2019/692 M3 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas;