13(1)A person within sub-paragraph (2) must co-operate with, and so far as practicable must not take any step that may reasonably be expected to impede, the Secretary of State in relation to the doing of anything by the Secretary of State—
(a)in preparation for or in connection with the first designation of a person under section 162(1), or
(b)in connection with the making of a transfer scheme.
(2)The persons within this sub-paragraph are—
(a)National Grid plc and its associates (within the meaning of section 1152 of the Companies Act 2006);
(b)any person who, at any time during the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (3), has acquired property, rights or liabilities from a person within paragraph (a) (whether or not as a result of a transfer scheme under paragraph 1).
(3)The period mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b) is the period beginning on 20 July 2021 and ending with the first designation of a person under section 162(1).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 9 para. 13 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 334(2)(h)(ii)