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PART VIIIMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Amendments to the Gas Order

85.  In Article 3 of the Gas Order—

(a)for the definition of “the Directive” there shall be substituted the following definition—

“the Directive” means European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC;;

(b)for the definition of “the Commission Decision” there shall be substituted the following definition—

“the Commission Decision” means Commission Decision PH (2005) 0791 granting a derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of Northern Ireland;; and

(c)there shall be inserted at the appropriate places the following definitions—

“the 2011 Regulations” means The Gas and Electricity (Internal Markets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011;; and

“vertically integrated undertaking” has the meaning given in Article 2(20) of the Directive..