Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt XI (ss. 262-283) applied (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 169, Sch. 20 Pt. II para. 19(3); S.I. 1993/2762, art. 3
Pt. XI (ss. 262-283) modified (1.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 96, Sch. 13 para. 15(4)(a) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/2765, art. 2
Pt. XI (ss. 262-283) applied (25.11.1998 for specified purposes otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1998 c. 45, s. 23, Sch. 6 para. 16(2)(3); S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(1); S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(2)(c)
Pt. XI (ss. 262-283) modified (1.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 96, Sch. 14 para. 13(4) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/2765, art. 2
(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, in this Act “the appropriate Minister” means—
F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)in relation to statutory undertakers carrying on an undertaking for the supply of hydraulic power, the [F2Secretary of State for Trade and Industry];
(c)in relation to [F3a universal postal service provider], the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; and
[F4(d)in relation to any other statutory undertakers or the Civil Aviation Authority, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.]
(2)For the purposes of sections 170(12), 266 to 280, 325(9) and 336(2) and (3) and Part II of Schedule 8, “the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a [F5public gas transporter] or a holder of a licence under section 6 of the M1Electricity Act 1989, means the [F2Secretary of State for Trade and Industry].
(3)For the purposes of sections 170(12), 266 to 280, 325(9) and 336(2) and (3) and Part II of Schedule 8 and Schedule 14 “the appropriate Minister”—
(a)in relation to the National Rivers Authority, means the Secretary of State or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and
(b)in relation to a water or sewerage undertaker, means the Secretary of State.
(4)References in this Act to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister—
(a)if the appropriate Minister is not the one concerned as the Secretary of State, shall be construed as references to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister; and
(b)if the one concerned as the Secretary of State is also the appropriate Minister, shall be construed as references to him alone,
and similarly with references to a Minister and the appropriate Minister and with any provision requiring the Secretary of State to act jointly with the appropriate Minister.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 265(1)(a) repealed (26.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2971, art. 6(1), Sch. paras. 11, 14(a)
F2Words in s. 265(1)(2) substituted (5.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1314, art. 3(3), Sch. para. 1(f)
F3Words in s. 265(1)(c) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 82
F4S. 265(1)(d) substituted (26.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2971, art. 6(1), Sch. paras. 11, 14(b)
F5Words in s. 265(2) substituted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 18(3); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
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