Utilities Act 2000

Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954 (c. 21)

41 (1) The Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 1(2) (restriction on exercise of rights), for “a public electricity supplier” there is substituted “an electricity operator”.

(3) In section 2(1) (warrants)—

(a) for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(a) that admission to premises specified in the information is reasonably required by a gas operator or an electricity operator or by an employee of a gas operator or an electricity operator;”; and

(b) for the words “supplier or any employee of the operator or supplier” (in paragraph (b) and the words following paragraph (c)) there is substituted “any employee of the operator”.

(4) In section 2(3) for “a public electricity supplier” there is substituted “an electricity operator”.

(5) In section 3 (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “employee”, for paragraph (b) there is substituted—

“(b) in relation to an electricity operator, an officer, servant or agent of the operator and any person authorised by such an agent”;

(b) for the definition of “public electricity supplier” there is substituted—

““electricity operator” means an electricity distributor or an electricity supplier (within the meaning of Part I of the Electricity Act 1989);”.