2023 No. 1228
The Electricity (Designation of Delivery Bodies) (Transmission) Regulations 2023
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6BB(1) to (4) of the Electricity Act 19891.
Citation and commencement1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity (Designation of Delivery Bodies) (Transmission) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 11th December 2023.
2
These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;
“national system operator” means the person who co-ordinates, and directs, the flow of electricity onto and over the transmission system for Great Britain and offshore waters.
Designation of a delivery body in respect of transmission3
Subject to the designation in regulation 4, the national system operator is designated for the purposes of section 6BB(1) of the Act as delivery body in respect of transmission.
Designation of delivery body in respect of offshore transmission licences4
The Authority is designated for the purposes of section 6BB(1) of the Act as delivery body in respect of determination on a competitive basis of the person to whom an offshore transmission licence is to be granted.
Condition of designation5
The designation made under regulation 3 has effect subject to the condition that the national system operator, in the exercise of its functions as a delivery body, must have regard to the principal objective conferred, and the duties imposed, on the Authority by sections 3A to 3C of the Act (to the same extent that those sections apply to the Authority).
(This note is not part of the Regulations)