The Gas and Electricity Licence Modification and Appeals Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Transitional and savings provision for the Electricity Order

6.—(1) The following provisions apply notwithstanding any amendment or repeal made by these Regulations.

(2) Where the Authority has made a reference under Article 15 of the Electricity Order before the operative date, Articles 15 to 17A of the Electricity Order shall continue to have effect on and after the operative date in relation to the reference until any actions required or permitted under those Articles in connection with the reference have been taken.

(3) Paragraphs (4) and (5) apply where—

(a) the Authority has given notice under Article 14(2) of the Electricity Order before the operative date; and

(b) the period specified in the notice by virtue of Article 14(2)(c) of that Order has not ended before that date.

(4) On and after the operative date the notice is to be treated for the purposes of Articles 14 to 14G of, and Schedule 5A to, the Electricity Order as if it were a notice given under Article 14(2) of that Order.

(5) Any representations or objections made in accordance with Article 14(2)(c) of the Electricity Order in connection with the notice before the operative date are to be treated on and after the operative date as if they were representations made in accordance with Article 14(2)(d) of that Order.

(6) The following references to provisions of the Electricity Order are to those provisions as amended or inserted by this Part—

(a) the references in paragraph (4);

(b) the reference to Article 14(2)(d) in paragraph (5).

(7) In this regulation “operative date” means the date of coming into operation of regulation 4.