(1)This section applies where provision made by electricity capacity regulations relates to the provision of capacity by reducing demand for electricity.
(2)Where this section applies, the Secretary of State may, instead of conferring functions on the national system operator, confer functions on such other person or body as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(3)For the purposes of provision made by virtue of subsection (2), the references to the national system operator in—
(a)section 28(5)(a) and (d);
(b)section 29(2)(a) and (3)(a);
(c)section 31;
(d)section 33(2)(a) and (b);
(e)section 37,
are to be read as if they included a reference to a person or body on whom a function is conferred by virtue of this section.