Electricity Act 1989

Enactments relating to statutory undertakers etc. E+W+S

1 (1) The holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely— E+W+S

(i) section 16 of the M1 Public Health Act 1925;

(ii) the M2 Public Health Act 1936;

F1 (iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iv) Schedule 3 to the M3 Water Act 1945;

(v) section 4 of the M4 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

[F2 (vi) the M5 Water Act 1948;]

(vii) the National Parks and Access to the M6 Countryside Act 1949;

(viii) the M7 Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(ix) the M8 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(x) the M9 Opencast Coal Act 1958;

F3 (xi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xii) section 17(10) of the M10 Public Health Act 1961;

(xiii) the M11 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xiv) Schedule 3 to the M12 Harbours Act 1964;

(xv) Schedule 6 to the M13 Gas Act 1965;

F4 (xvi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5 (xvii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xviii) section 50 of the M14 Agriculture Act 1967;

(xix) section 38 of the M15 Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xx) paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the M16 Countryside Act 1968;

(xxi) section 22 of the M17 Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

F6 (xxii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7 (xxiii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6 (xxiv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxv) sections 51 . . . F6 of the M18 Land Compensation Act 1973;

(xxvi) sections 47 F8 . . . of the M19 Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973;

(xxvii) Part III of the M20 Control of Pollution Act 1974;

F9 (xxviii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxix) the M21 Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(xxx) sections 15(3) and 26 of the M22 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

F10 (xxxi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxii) section 9(3) of the M23 Inner Urban Areas Act 1978;

(xxxiii) the M24 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;

(xxxiv) [F11 Part] XVI of the M25 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(xxxv) section 53 of the M26 Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(xxxvi) section 30 of the M27 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(xxxvii) section 120 of the M28 Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982;

(xxxviii) section 2(2)(c) of the M29 Cycle Tracks Act 1984;

(xxxix) the M30 Building Act 1984;

F12 (xl) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xli) paragraph 11 of Schedule 8 to the M31 Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

[F13 (xlii) section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]

(2) References in the M32 Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 to a statutory company shall be construed as including references to the holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act.

F14 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) The references in sections 73(11)(c) and 74(11)(b) of the M33 Highways Act 1980 to electricity undertakers shall be construed as references to the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(a) of this Act.

F2 [(5) The holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act shall be deemed to be an excepted undertaker for the purposes of section 6 of the M34 Water Act 1981.]

(6) [F15 Part 10 of Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code)] (undertakers’ works) shall apply to a licence holder for the purposes of any works carried out by him.

(7) The reference in section 82(4) of the M35 Building Act 1984 (provisions with respect to demolition orders) to a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of electricity shall be construed as a reference to a licence holder.

(8) A licence holder shall be deemed to be a public undertaker and his undertaking a public undertaking for the purposes of section 125 of, and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 8 to, the M36 Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(iii) repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 11 Pt. II (with s. 40(7)); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2

F2 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(vi) and (5) repealed (E.W.) (01.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I.

F3 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xi) repealed (S.) (24.12.2010) by Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 6), s. 97(1), Sch. 3 para. 5 (with s. 91); S.S.I. 2010/401, art. 3(h)

F4 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xvi) repealed by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. III

F5 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xvii) repealed (1.4.2019) by Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8), s. 85(2), sch. 2 (with s. 83); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-22)

F6 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxii)(xxiv) and words in para. 1(1)(xxv) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F7 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxiii) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11 ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F8 Words in Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxvi) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F9 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxviii), para. 3(2)(f) repealed by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. I

F10 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxxi) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F11 Words in Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxxiv) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 135(2)(b) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F12 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xl) repealed (6.4.2006 for E., 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(4)(5)(f), Sch. 16; S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(e) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(c) (with Sch.)

F13 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xlii) added by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(1), Sch 4 para. 17(a)

F14 Sch. 16 para. 1(3) repealed (14.11.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), s. 34(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(r)

F15 Words in Sch. 16 para. 1(6) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 28; S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)

Marginal Citations

M1 1925 c. 71.

M2 1936 c. 49.

M3 1945 c. 42.

M4 1948 c. 17.

M5 1948 c. 22.

M6 1949 c. 97.

M7 1951 c. 65.

M8 1954 c. 56.

M9 1958 c. 69.

M10 1961 c. 64.

M11 1962 c. 58.

M12 1964 c. 40.

M13 1965 c. 36.

M14 1967 c. 22.

M15 1967 c. 86.

M16 1968 c. 41.

M17 1968 c. 47.

M18 1973 c. 26.

M19 1973 c. 56.

M20 1974 c. 40.

M21 1975 c. 70.

M22 1976 c. 57.

M23 1978 c. 50.

M24 1979 c. 46.

M25 1980 c. 65.

M26 1982 c. 16.

M27 1982 c. 30.

M28 1982 c. 45.

M29 1984 c. 38.

M30 1984 c. 55.

M31 1987 c. 27.

M32 1927 c. 36.

M33 1980 c. 66.

M34 1981 c. 12.

M35 1984 c. 55.

M36 1987 c. 26.

2 (1) A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by Schedule 3 or 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker for the purposes of section 66 of the M37 Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 and section 11 of the M38 Countryside Act 1968. E+W+S

(2) A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by Schedule 3 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

(a) the M39 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(b) the M40 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

F17 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) section 120 of the M41 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(f) the M42 New Towns Act 1981;

(g) the M43 Acquisition of Land Act 1981; and

(h) sections 47, 48, 49 and 51 of, and Schedule 9 to, the M44 Civil Aviation Act 1982.

(3) The reference in section 48(6) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 to an electricity undertaker shall be construed as a reference to a licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by Schedule 4 to this Act.

(4) A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

(a) section 26 of the M45 Public Health Act 1925;

(b) section 17(1)(b) of the M46 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945;

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

(d) the M47 Highways Act 1980; and

(e) sections 296 and 611 of the M48 Housing Act 1985.

(5) References in the following enactments, namely—

(a) section 6 of the M49 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953;

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

(c) sections 176 and 185 of the M50 Highways Act 1980; and

(d) paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the M51 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;

to electricity undertakers shall be construed as references to licence holders entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act.

(6) A licence holder entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a public utility undertaker for the purposes of the Highways Act 1980 F18 . . ..

(7) A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

F17 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) the M52 Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

(8) References in the M53 Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958 F19 . . . to electricity undertakers shall be construed as references to licence holders entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act.

(9) It is immaterial for the purposes of this paragraph whether any power conferred by, or by any provision of, Schedule 3 or 4 to this Act on the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(a) or (2) of this Act is qualified by restrictions, exceptions or conditions included in the licence.

Textual Amendments

F16 Sch. 16 para. 2(2)(c)(4)(c)(5)(b) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F17 Sch. 16 para. 2 (2)(d)(7)(a) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F18 Words in Sch. 16 para. 2(6) repealed (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59), s. 168(2), Sch. 9; (E.W.) S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 and (S.) S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

F19 Words in Sch. 16 para. 2(8) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

Marginal Citations

M37 1967 c. 86.

M38 1968 c. 41.

M39 1947 c. 42.

M40 1968 c. 16.

M41 1980 c. 65.

M42 1981 c. 64.

M43 1981 c. 67.

M44 1982 c. 16.

M45 1925 c. 71.

M46 1945 c. 43.

M47 1980 c. 66.

M48 1985 c. 68.

M49 1953 c. 26.

M50 1980 c. 66.

M51 1984 c. 27.

M52 1984 c. 54.

M53 1958 c. 50.

3 (1) In the following enactments, namely— E+W+S

F20 [(a) the M54 Water Act 1948;]

(b) section 39 of the M55 Opencast Coal Act 1958 except in its application to Scotland;

(c) paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the M56 Gas Act 1965;

F21 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) the M57 Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

F22 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g) the M58 New Towns Act 1981,

“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a a licence holder, shall mean the [F23 Secretary of State for Trade and Industry].

(2) In the following enactments, namely—

(a) section 39 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 in its application to Scotland;

(b) the M59 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(c) Schedule 3 to the M60 Harbours Act 1964;

(d) the M61 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

F24 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F25 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g) section 121 of the M62 Highways Act 1980;

(h) the M63 Acquisition of Land Act 1981,

[F26 (i) section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;]

“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a licence holder, shall mean the Secretary of State.

Textual Amendments

F20 Sch. 16 para. 3(1)(a) repealed (E.W.) (01.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I.

F21 Sch. 16 para. 3(1)(d) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F22 Sch. 16 para. 3(1)(f) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F23 Words in Sch. 16 para. 3(1) substituted (5.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1314, art. 3(3), Sch. para. 1(e).

F24 Sch. 16 para. 3(2)(e) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F25 Sch. 16 para. 3(2)(f) repealed by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. I

F26 Sch. 16 para. 3(2)(i) inserted by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(1), Sch. 4 para. 17(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 16 para. 3(1): transfer of functions (5.3.2009) by The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/229), arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1(c)

Marginal Citations

M54 1948 c. 42.

M55 1958 c. 69.

M56 1965 c. 36.

M57 1975 c. 70.

M58 1981 c. 64.

M59 1962 c. 58.

M60 1964 c. 40.

M61 1968 c. 16.

M62 1980 c. 66.

M63 1981 c. 67.