The Restrictive Trade Practices (Standards and Arrangements) (Goods) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 2473

RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES

The Restrictive Trade Practices (Standards and Arrangements) (Goods) Order 1993

Made

10th October 1993

Coming into force

1st November 1993

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 9(5) of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976(1), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Restrictive Trade Practices (Standards and Arrangements) (Goods) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st November 1993.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1976 Act” means the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976;

“arrangement” means, in respect of the production, supply or acquisition of any goods or the application to goods of any process of manufacture, an arrangement as to the provision of information or advice to purchasers, consumers or users;

“standards” means, in respect of the production, supply or acquisition of any goods or the application to goods of any process of manufacture, standards of dimension, design, quality or performance.

Approval of standards and arrangements

2.—(1) The standards specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order, being standards adopted by Electricity Associated Services Limited on 8th October 1993, are hereby approved for the purposes of section 9(5) of the 1976 Act.

(2) The arrangement specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order, being an arrangement adopted by Electricity Association Services Limited on 8th October 1993, is hereby approved for the purposes of section 9(5) of the 1976 Act.

Neil Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Trade and Industry

10th October 1993

Article 2

SCHEDULE

PART I Standards

09-1	Lead sleeves for electric cables (metric units). Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1970.
09-3	33kV impregnated paper insulated oil-filled and gas pressure type power cable systems. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 2, 1982.
09-5	275 and 400kV impregnated paper insulated oil-filled and gas compression type power cable systems. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 3, 1991.
09-10	Porcelain insulators for 33, 66, 132, 275 and 400kV pressure-assisted cable outdoor sealing ends. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1976.
09-13	Performance specification for high voltage heat-shrinkable components for use with high voltage solid type cables up to and including 33,000 volts. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1981.
09-16	Testing specification for metallic sheathed power cables with extruded cross-linked polyethylene insulation and accessories for system voltages of 66kV and 132kV. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1983.
09-20	Single core cables having cross linked polyethylene insulation and lead sheath for rated voltage 19,000/33,000 volts (Um = 36,000 volts). Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1990.
12-3	Outdoor meter cupboards. Issue 3, 1992.
12-9	Wiping glands for metallic-sheathed cables. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 2, 1980.
12-11	Indoor and outdoor cable boxes for switchgear (for service at system nominal voltages of 6.6, 11 and 33kV). Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 2, 1981.
12-12	Compounds for use in 33kV solid type cable accessories. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1977.
12-14	Impregnated crepe paper for cable jointing in solid type cable accessories. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1976.
12-18	Polyester resin/glass fibre protection boxes and protective shrouds for oil-filled and gas-pressure cable accessories. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1980.
12-24	Plastic ducts for buried electric cables. Amendment 1, 1991 and Amendment 2, 1993 to Issue 1, 1989.
35-1	Distribution transformers (from 16kVA to 1,000kVA). Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 4, 1985.
35-2	Emergency rated system transformers 33/11.5kV delta/star and star/star connected. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 4, 1982.
35-16	Interface arrangement for direct connection of gas-insulated metal-enclosed switchgear to 132kV, 275kV and 400kV transformers. Issue 1, 1992.
37-2	LV distribution fuse-boards. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 3, 1990.
41-11	Tubular aluminium busbars, connections and terminal fittings for 132kV outdoor substations. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 2, 1982.
41-24	Guidelines for the design, installation, testing and maintenance of main earthing systems in substations. Issue 1, 1992.
41-26	Distribution switchgear for service up to 36kV (cable connected). Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1991.
41-27	Outdoor distribution switchgear for service up to 36kV (overhead conductor connected). Corrigendum 1992 and Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1991.
43-1	Survey and preparation of ground line profiles and plotting of tower positions for steel tower overhead transmission lines at 132kV and higher voltages. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 2, 1986.
43-4	Design of foundations for steel towers for overhead transmission lines at 132kV and higher voltages. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 2, 1986.
43-5	Fabrication and galvanising of tower and foundation steelwork for overhead transmission lines at 132kV and higher voltages. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 2, 1986.
43-7	132kV steel tower transmission lines: specification L4(M)—1978 1 × 175 mm2 ACSR per phase 1 × 70 mm2 ACSR earthwire. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 2, 1985.
43-9	132kV steel tower transmission lines: specification L7(C)— 1978 2 × 175 mm2 ACSR per phase 1 × 175 mm2 ACSR earthwire. Erratum 1991 and Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1986.
43-12	Insulated aerial bundled conductors erection requirements for lv overhead distribution systems. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1986.
43-14	Conductor fitting and associated apparatus for use with lv aerial bundled conductors. Erratum 1991 and Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 2, 1990.
43-30	Low voltage overhead lines on wood poles. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 2, 1981.
43-40	High voltage single circuit overhead lines on wood poles. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1988.
43-50	132kV single circuit overhead lines on wood poles. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1984.
43-88	Selection and treatment of wood poles and associated timber for overhead lines. Part 1: Technical requirements. Issue 4, 1993. Part 2: Essential quality requirements. Issue 1, 1992.
43-90	Anti-climbing devices and safety signs for hv lines up to and including 400kV. Issue 4, 1993.
43-92	Conductor fittings for overhead lines. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 2, 1985.
43-93	Line insulators. Amendment 2, 1993 to Issue 3, 1986.
43-95	Steelwork for overhead lines. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 5, 1989.
48-2	Fault passage indicators for 6.6kV and 11kV underground and overhead distribution systems. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1974.
48-3	Instantaneous high-impedance differential protection. Amendment 2, 1993 to Issue 1, 1977.
48-4	DC relays associated with a tripping function in protection systems. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 3, 1983.
50-2	Bimetallic ammeters. Amendment 1, 1993 to Issue 1, 1975.
T2	Specification for transformers and reactors. 1966. Section 26: Tap-changing equipment. Revision 1, 1991.
C84/1	Operation of oil-filled pressure-assisted cable systems up to 400kV operating voltage. 1992.
C90	Type approval tests for straight joints for 6,350/11,000 volts three-core mass impregnated non-draining paper insulated solid type cables. 1984. Amendment 1, 1993.
C93	Type approval tests for mechanical connections to metallic sheaths of cables. 1989. Addendum, 1992.
C94	Guide for physical inspection of newly manufactured 33kV mind cables. 1991.
G39/1	Model code of practice covering electrical safety in the planning, installation, commissioning and maintenance of public lighting and other street furniture. 1992.
G59/1	Recommendations for the connection of embedded generating plant to the Regional Electricity Companies' distribution systems. 1991. Amendment 1, 1992.
G74	Procedure to meet the requirements of IEC 909 for the calculation of short-circuit currents in three-phase AC power systems. 1992.
ETR119	Third report on optical fibres. 1991. Appendices.

PART II Arrangement

G74	Procedure to meet the requirements of IEC 909 for the calculation of short-circuit currents in three-phase AC power systems. 1992.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order approves standards of performance in the provision of services, and standards of dimension, design, quality or performance in respect of goods used in providing them and an arrangement as to the provision of information or advice, all of which have been adopted by Electricity Association Services Limited.The effect of the Order is that, for the purpose of determining whether an agreement is one to which the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 applies, no account is taken of any term in the agreement by which the parties or any of them agree to comply with, or to apply, the standards and arrangements so approved.

The standards and the arrangement may be inspected at the premises of Electricity Association Services Limited, 30 Millbank, London SW1P 4RD.

(1)

1976 c. 34.