Definitions
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 2013 Regulations (GB)” means the Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2013(1);
“the 2013 Regulations (NI)” means the Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Enforcement etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013(2);
“GEMA">the Authority” means—
in respect of England, Wales , Scotland and the UK offshore marine area, GEMA,
in respect of Northern Ireland, the NIAUR;
“benefit” means direct personal gain or the direct avoidance of personal loss;
“England” includes the territorial sea adjacent to England;
“GEMA” means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority established under section 1(1) of the Utilities Act 2000(3);
“NIAUR” means the means the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation established under Article 3 of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(4);
“Northern Ireland” is as defined in section 98(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998(5);
“REMIT” means Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency(6);
“Scotland” is as defined in section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998(7);
“UK offshore marine area” is the “UK marine area”, as defined in section 42(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009(8), excluding the area within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom;
“United Kingdom” includes the UK offshore marine area;
“Wales” is as defined in section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006(9).
(2) Other terms used in these Regulations and in REMIT have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in REMIT.
S.I. (NI) 2003/419. The Authority was renamed by Article 3 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. (NI) 2006/3336).
OJ No L 326, 08.12.2011, p1.