The Energy Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings) Order 2009

Provisions coming into force on 26th January 2009

2.  The following provisions of the Act come into force on 26th January 2009—

(a) in Part 2 (electricity from renewable sources)—

(i) section 38(2) (section 37: supplemental provision);

(ii) section 39 (existing savings relating to section 32 of the Electricity Act 1989);

(iii) section 40 (the Northern Ireland renewables obligation); and

(iv) sections 41 to 43 (feed-in tariffs for small-scale generation of electricity);

(b) in Part 3 (decommissioning of energy installations)—

(i) sections 72 to 74 (oil and gas installations); and

(ii) section 75 (wells);

(c) in Part 4 (provisions relating to oil and gas)—

(i) section 76 (transfers without the consent of the Secretary of State); and

(ii) section 77 (model clauses of petroleum licences) and Schedule 3 (petroleum licences: amendments to model clauses);

(d) in Part 5 (miscellaneous)—

(i) section 83 (duties of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority);

(ii) section 87 (energy reports);

(iii) section 94 (power to amend licence conditions: gas);

(iv) section 97 (power to amend licence conditions: electricity);

(v) section 98 (connection offer expenses);

(vi) section 100 (renewable heat incentives); and

(vii) section 101 (security of sensitive nuclear information);

(e) in Part 6 (general)—

(i) section 103 (offences by bodies corporate etc);

(ii) for all remaining purposes, section 104 (subordinate legislation);

(iii) for all remaining purposes, section 105 (parliamentary control of subordinate legislation);

(iv) paragraphs 2, 4, 6, 9 to 14, 15(a) and 15(b), 16 and 21 of Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments) and section 107(1) so far as it relates to those paragraphs;

(v) section 107(2) and (3)(minor and consequential amendments);

(vi) section 108 and Schedule 6 (repeals) so far as they repeal—

(aa) section 4AA(5)(ba) of the Gas Act 1986(1);

(bb) section 3A(5)(ba) of the Electricity Act 1989(2);

(cc) in section 31(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998(3), “(d) or”;

(dd) in section 34(3) of the Petroleum Act 1998, “(d) or”;

(ee) in section 33(1) of the Utilities Act 2000(4) “or” at the end of paragraph (b);

(ff) in section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003(5), subsection (1A)(a), (b) and (c), and subsections (1B) and (1C);

(gg) section 81(3) of the Energy Act 2004(6);

(hh) in section 5 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006(7), in subsection (2) “and as if” to the end;

(ii) section 18 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006; and

(jj) section 22(b) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 and “and” immediately preceding it; and

(vii) section 109 (transitional provision etc).

(1)

1986 c.44.

(2)

1989 c.29.

(3)

1998 c.17.

(4)

2000 c.27.

(5)

2003 c.30.

(6)

2004 c.20.

(7)

2006 c.19.