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Electricity Act 1989,
Part I
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1(1)In so far as any requisition made under section 27 of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 which is effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of section 16 of this Act requires a supply of electricity to continue to be given, it shall have effect as if made under subsection (1) of the said section 16; and the provisions of Part I of this Act shall apply accordingly.E+W+S
(2)In so far as any requisition made under section 27 of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 which is effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of that section’s repeal by this Act requires a supply of electricity to be given, the repeal shall not affect the operation of that section in relation to that requisition.
(3)The repeal by this Act of sections 24 to 26 of the Schedule to the M1Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 shall not affect the operation of those sections in relation to any requisition made under the said section 24 which is effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of the repeal.
Marginal Citations
2E+W+SAny tariff fixed under section 37(3) of the M2Electricity Act 1947 or section 22(1) of the M3Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 which is effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of section 18 of this Act shall have effect as if fixed under subsection (1) of the said section 18; and the provisions of Part I of this Act shall apply accordingly.
3E+W+SAny regulations made under section 16 of the M4Energy Act 1983 which are effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of section 29 of this Act shall have effect as if—
(a)they were made under the said section 29; and
(b)references to an Electricity Board were references to a person authorised by a licence to supply or transmit electricity;
and the provisions of Part I of this Act shall apply accordingly.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 17 para. 3 wholly in force at 9.11.2001; Sch. 17 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 113(2); Sch. 17 para. 3 in force at 31.3.1990 except for para. (b) and word “and” preceding it by S.I. 1990/117, art. 3(c); Sch. 17 para. 3(b) and word “and” preceding it in force at 9.11.2001 by S.I. 2001/3419, art. 2(b)
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4(1)Where any application made under section 2 of the M5Electric Lighting Act 1909 or section 35 of the Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 is effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of section 36 of this Act—E+W+S
(a)the application shall have effect as if made under the said section 36 modified for that purpose by the omission of subsections (2) and (3);
(b)anything done before that day in relation to the application (whether under the said section 2 or 35 or under section 33 or 34 of the M6Electricity Act 1957) shall have effect as if done under the corresponding provisions of Schedule 8 to this Act; and
(c)the provisions of Part I of this Act shall apply accordingly.
(2)The repeal by this Act of section 2 of the Electric Lighting Act 1909 or section 35 of the Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 shall not affect the validity of any consent granted under that section before the day appointed for the coming into force of the repeal.
(3)Section 36 of this Act shall not apply in relation to—
(a)the construction of a generating station, or its operation as constructed; or
(b)the extension of a generating station, or its operation as extended,
if its construction or, as the case may be, extension is authorised by a consent given or having effect as if given under section 2 of the Electric Lighting Act 1909 or section 35 of the Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979, or by a planning permission granted on an application made before the day appointed for the coming into force of the said section 36.
5(1)Where any application made under section 10(b) of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 is effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of section 37 of this Act—E+W+S
(a)the application shall have effect as if made under the said section 37 modified for that purpose by the omission of subsection (2);
(b)anything done before that day in relation to the application (whether under the said section 10(b) or under section 32 or 34 of the Electricity Act 1957) shall have effect as if done under the corresponding provisions of Schedule 8 to this Act; and
(c)the provisions of Part I of this Act shall apply accordingly.
(2)The repeal by this Act of section 10(b) of the Schedule to the M7Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 shall not affect the validity of any consent granted under that section before the day appointed for the coming into force of the repeal.
(3)Where such a consent as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above includes a direction that planning permission for the installation of the electric line shall be deemed to be granted, or otherwise has effect as a grant of planning permission for that installation, that permission shall be deemed to extend to the installation of any of the following, namely—
(a)any support for that line, that is to say, any structure, pole or other thing in, on, by or from which that line is be supported, carried or suspended;
(b)any apparatus connected to that line for the purpose of carrying electricity; and
(c)any wire, cable, tube, pipe or other similar thing (including its casing or coating) which surrounds or supports, or is surrounded or supported by, or is installed in close proximity to, or is supported, carried or suspended in association with, that line.
(4)Section 37 of this Act shall not apply in relation to an electric line if its installation is authorised by a consent given under section 10(b) of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 or by a planning permission granted on an application made before the day appointed for the coming into force of the said section 37.
(5)Section 37 of this Act shall not apply to any electric line which—
(a)is a service line within the meaning of section 1 of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899; and
(b)is or was installed before the day appointed for the coming into force of the said section 37.
Marginal Citations
6E+W+SAny maximum charge fixed by an Electricity Board under section 29 of the M8Electricity Act 1957 or section 23 of the M9Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 for the resale of electricity supplied by it which is effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of section 44 of this Act shall have effect as a maximum price fixed by the Director under the said section 44 for the resale of electricity so supplied.
7E+W+SWhere any representation, reference or report made under, or in such circumstances as are mentioned in, any of the following enactments, namely—
(a)section 7 of the M10Electricity Act 1947;
(b)Schedule 7 to the Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979; and
(c)section 21 of the M11Energy Act 1983,
is effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of the repeal by this Act of that enactment, the representation, reference or report shall have effect as if it were a representation made to the Director; and the provisions of Part I of this Act shall apply accordingly.
8(1)Any land which has been compulsorily acquired under section 9 of the Electricity Act 1947 or section 12 of the Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 before the day appointed for the coming into force of Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act shall be treated for the purposes of that Part as compulsorily acquired by virtue of that Part.E+W+S
(2)Any compulsory purchase order made under section 9 of the Electricity Act 1947 or section 12 of the Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 before the day appointed for the coming into force of Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect as if made under that Part; and the provisions of that Schedule shall apply accordingly.
9E+W+SAny consent given under subsection (1) of section 22 of the M12Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 which is effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect as if granted under paragraph 6(3) of that Schedule; anything done before that day with a view to, or otherwise in connection with, the giving of a consent under that subsection (whether under that section or under section 11 of the M13Electricity (Supply) Act 1922) shall have effect as if done under the corresponding provisions of that Schedule; and the provisions of Part I of this Act shall apply accordingly.
10E+W+SAny order made under subsection (3) of section 34 of the M14Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 which is effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect as if made under paragraph 9(6) of that Schedule; anything done under that section before that day with a view to, or otherwise in connection with, the making of an order under that subsection shall have effect as if done under the corresponding provisions of that Schedule; and the provisions of Part I of this Act shall apply accordingly.
Marginal Citations
11(1)Any meter of a pattern which is approved for the purposes of section 12 of the M15Energy Act 1983 immediately before the day appointed for the coming into force of Schedule 7 to this Act shall be treated as being of an approved pattern for the purposes of that Schedule.E+W+S
(2)Any meter which is certified under section 50 of the Schedule to the M16Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 immediately before the day appointed for the coming into force of Schedule 7 to this Act shall be treated as certified under paragraph 5 of the said Schedule 7.
(3)Any regulations made under section 30(1) of the M17Electricity Act 1957 which are effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of Schedule 7 to this Act shall have effect as if made under paragraph 5 of that Schedule.
(4)Paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 7 to this Act shall not apply in relation to a meter installed before (and not moved since) the day appointed for the coming into force of that Schedule until, in the case of paragraph (b)—
(a)electricity is supplied through the meter in pursuance of a notice given under section 16(2) of this Act more than twelve months after that day; or
(b)the period of ten years beginning with that day expires,
whichever first occurs.
(5)Sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 to this Act shall not prevent a pre-payment meter from being used as mentioned in that sub-paragraph in pursuance of an agreement made before the day appointed for the coming into force of that Schedule.
12E+W+SAny regulations made under section 34(2) of the Electricity Act 1957 which are effective on the day appointed for the coming into force of Schedule 8 to this Act shall have effect as if they were made under paragraph 3(1) of that Schedule; and the provisions of that Schedule shall apply accordingly.
13E+W+SWhere—
(a)any sum was deposited with an Electricity Board by way of security under any provision of the Electricity Acts; and
(b)on and after the day appointed for the coming into force of any provision of Part I of this Act that sum is treated by the Board as deposited under that provision of that Part,
any period beginning three months or less before that day, being a period during which the sum was deposited with the Board, shall be treated for the purposes of the payment of interest on that sum as a period during which the sum was deposited under that provision of that Part.
14(1)Where immediately before the day appointed for the coming into force of any provision of Part I of this Act there is in force an agreement which—E+W+S
(a)confers or imposes on an Electricity Board any rights or liabilities; and
(b)refers (in whatever terms and whether expressly or by implication) to any provision of the Electricity Acts, to an Electricity Board’s statutory electricity undertaking or to statutory purposes,
the agreement shall have effect, in relation to anything falling to be done on or after that day, as if that reference included or, as the case may require, were a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act, to the Board’s undertaking as a person authorised by a licence to generate, transmit or supply electricity or to purposes connected with the generation, transmission or supply of electricity.
(2)References in this paragraph to an agreement include references to a deed, bond or other instrument.
15E+W+SThe repeal by this Act of any provision by virtue of which any enactment applies in relation to a person carrying on an electricity undertaking shall not affect the continuing validity of anything done under that enactment before the day appointed for the coming into force of that repeal.
16E+W+SIn this Part of this Schedule “the Electricity Acts” means—
(a)the Electricity Acts 1947 to 1961 and the M18Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979; and
(b)such of the provisions of the M19Energy Act 1976 and the M20Energy Act 1983 as are repealed by this Act;
and expressions which are used in Part I of this Act have the same meanings as in that Part.
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