6B.— [F2(1)] The Authority shall carry out its functions in the manner that it considers is best calculated to implement, or to ensure compliance with, any binding decision of the Agency or the European Commission made under [F3the 2009 Electricity Directive,] the Electricity Directive, the Gas Directive, [F4the 2009 Electricity Market Regulation,] the Electricity Regulation, the Gas Regulation [F5, the 2009 Agency Regulation] or the Agency Regulation.
[F6(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a binding decision [F7made under the Gas Directive or the Gas Regulation] does not include a decision that is not, or so much of a decision as is not, [F8assimilated] law.]]
F1Arts. 6A, 6B inserted (15.4.2011) by Gas and Electricity (Internal Markets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/155), reg. 36
F2Art. 6B renumbered as art. 6B(1) (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 131(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in art. 6B inserted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity (Internal Markets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/307), regs. 1, 21
F4Words in art. 6B inserted (25.2.2020) by The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/96), regs. 1, 7(3)(a)
F5Words in art. 6B inserted (25.2.2020) by The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/96), regs. 1, 7(3)(b)
F6Art. 6B(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 131(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in art. 6B(2) inserted in earlier amending provision S.I. 2019/530, reg. 131(3) (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1016), regs. 1(2), 3(45)
F8Word in art. 6B(2) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 52(3)