Electricity Act 1989

Supplemental U.K.

93 Parliamentary disqualification. U.K.

In the M1 House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in Part III of Schedule 1 (other disqualifying offices) there shall be inserted (at the appropriate place) the following entry—

“Director of a successor company (within the meaning of Part II of the Electricity Act 1989), being a director nominated or appointed by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown”

and the like insertion shall be made in Part III of Schedule 1 to the M2 Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975.

Marginal Citations

M1 1975 c. 24.

M2 1975 c. 25.

94 Construction of references to property, rights and liabilities. U.K.

(1) References in this Part to property, rights and liabilities of an Electricity Board or the Electricity Council are references to all such property, rights and liabilities, whether or not capable of being transferred or assigned by that body.

(2) It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that—

(a) any reference in this Part to property of an Electricity Board or the Electricity Council is a reference to property of that Board or Council, whether situated in the United Kingdom or elsewhere; and

(b) any such reference to rights and liabilities of an Electricity Board or the Electricity Council is a reference to rights to which that Board or Council is entitled, or (as the case may be) liabilities to which that body is subject, whether under the law of the United Kingdom or of any part of the United Kingdom or under the law of any country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

95 Other interpretation of Part II. U.K.

(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the appropriate successor company”, in relation to an existing body, has the meaning given by section 88(4) above;

• “debentures” includes debenture stock;

• “existing body” has the meaning given by section 84(1) above;

• “generating company” means a company designated as such by the Secretary of State;

• “operating company” has the meaning given by section 74(10) above;

• “securities”, in relation to a company, includes shares, debentures, bonds and other securities of the company, whether or not constituting a charge on the assets of the company;

• “shares” includes stock;

• “Scottish electricity company” means a company designated as such by the Secretary of State;

• “Scottish nuclear company” means the company designated as such by the Secretary of State;

• “successor company” has the meaning given by section 71(1) above;

• “supply company” has the meaning given by section 65(5) above;

• “the transfer date”—

  (a)

  in relation to any transfer effected by subsection (1) of section 65 or subsection (5) of section 66 above, has the meaning given by the said subsection (1);

  (b)

  in relation to any transfer effected by subsection (4) of section 67 above, has the meaning given by subsection (3) of that section;

• “transferee” and “transferor”, in relation to any transfer of property, rights and liabilities effected or proposed to be effected under this Part, mean respectively the person to whom and the person from whom they are or are to be so transferred;

• “transfer scheme” has the meaning given by section 69(1) above;

• “transitional period”, in relation to an existing body, has the meaning given by section 84(2) above;

• “transmission company” means the company designated as such by the Secretary of State.

(2) A company shall be regarded for the purposes of this Part as wholly owned by the Crown at any time when none of the issued shares in the company is held otherwise than—

(a) by, or by a nominee of, the Treasury or the Secretary of State; or

(b) by a company which is itself wholly owned by the Crown.