Utilities Act 2000

Performance of functions U.K.

9 (1) Anything authorised or required to be done by the Authority may be done by— E+W+S

(a) any member or employee of the Authority who is authorised for that purpose by the Authority, whether generally or specially;

(b) any committee of the Authority which has been so authorised.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to any power to make statutory instruments.

[F1 (2A) Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to provision in rules made under section 51 of the Competition Act 1998 by virtue of paragraph 1A of Schedule 9 to that Act in respect of the exercise of a function under Part 1 of that Act.]

(3) In sub-paragraph (1)(b) “committee of the Authority” does not include a committee whose members include any person who is not a member or employee of the Authority.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 9(2A) inserted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 15 para. 13; S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(f) (with Sch.)

10 E+W+S The M1 Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply to any power to make statutory instruments conferred on the Authority by or under any Act as if the Authority were a Minister of the Crown.

Marginal Citations

M1 1946 c. 36.