The Gas and Electricity (Registers) (Revocation) Order 2013 No. 1420

Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 1420

Gas

Electricity

The Gas and Electricity (Registers) (Revocation) Order 2013

Made

6th June 2013

Laid before Parliament

12th June 2013

Coming into force

12th July 2013

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36(4) and (5) of the Gas Act 1986(1) and section 49(5) and (6) of the Electricity Act 1989(2).

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Gas and Electricity (Registers) (Revocation) Order 2013 and comes into force on 12th July 2013.

Revocation of the Gas (Register) Order 1988

2.  The Gas (Register) Order 1988(3) is revoked.

Revocation of the Electricity (Register) Order 1990

3.  The Electricity (Register) Order 1990(4) is revoked.

Verma

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Energy and Climate Change

6th June 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Gas (Register) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/159) and the Electricity (Register) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/194).

The Gas (Register) Order 1988 prescribed the hours during which the register maintained by the Director General of Gas Supply (later the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority) under section 36 of the Gas Act 1986 (c.44) was to be kept open for public inspection and the fees payable to the Director for the supply of copies or extracts from that register.

The Electricity (Register) Order 1990 prescribed the hours during which the register maintained by the Director General of Electricity Supply (later the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority) under section 49 of the Electricity Act 1989 (c.29) was to be kept open for public inspection and the fees payable to the Director for the supply of copies or extracts from that register.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. The gas and electricity registers are now available online free of charge.

(1)

1986 c.44. Section 36 was amended by the Gas (Exempt Supplies) Act 1993 (c.1), section 3; the Gas Act 1995 (c.45), section 10(1) and paragraphs 42(1)(a) and (b) and 42(2) of Schedule 3; the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), sections 3(2), 95(4)(a) and (b), 108, paragraphs 1, 16(a) and (b) of Schedule 6, and Schedule 8; the Energy Act 2004 (c.20), sections 149(1) and (8)(b) and 183(1) and (2); and S.I. 2012/2400, articles 17 and 25.

(2)

1989 c.29. Section 49 was amended by the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), sections 3(2), 59(3), 108, and Schedule 8, and the Energy Act 2004 (c.20), section 183(3).

(3)

S.I. 1988/159, amended by the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), section 3(2).

(4)

S.I. 1990/194, amended by the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), section 3(2).