Exemptions from Article 8 of the Electricity Order
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) exemption is granted—
(a)from Article 8(1)(a) of the Electricity Order to persons of the class specified in Schedule 1;
(b)from Article 8(1)(bb) of the Electricity Order to persons of the classes specified in Schedule 2; and
(c)from Article 8(1)(c) of the Electricity Order to persons of the classes specified in Schedule 3.
(2) A person shall be treated as falling within any class specified in Schedule 2 or 3 notwithstanding that he distributes or supplies electricity, as the case may be, in circumstances other than those specified in the description of that class if the distribution or supply of electricity in those circumstances would, if taken on its own, be such that that person would fall within another class in Schedule 2 or 3, as the case may be.
(3) A person shall not be regarded as falling within—
(a)the class specified in Schedule 1 for as long as he is the holder of a licence under Article 10(1)(a) of the Electricity Order;
(b)any of the classes specified in Schedule 2 for as long as he is the holder of a licence under Article 10(1)(bb) of the Electricity Order; or
(c)any of the classes specified in Schedule 3 for as long as he is the holder of a licence under Article 10(1)(c) of the Electricity Order.