- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As made)
The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 25 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date.
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the affected provisions when you open the content using the Table of Contents below.
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):
10B.Electricity transmission: requirement for participants to be certified as independent
10D.Report where applicant connected with a country outside the European Economic Area
10H.Designation for the purposes of EU electricity legislation
10J.Report as to any connection of a certified person with a country outside the European Economic Area
11ABA.Conditions on transmission and distribution licences relating to priority dispatch
11B.Provision of additional capacity or energy efficiency measures
12.General duties of electricity distributors and transmission licence holders
Supply by public electricity suppliers
PART III REORGANISATION OF THE INDUSTRY
SCHEDULES
COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND
PART I COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND BY LICENCE HOLDERS
1.(1) Where a licence holder proposes to acquire, otherwise than by agreement, any land required...
2.(1) No application shall be made under paragraph 1 for a vesting order in respect...
3.(1) The power to make a vesting order under paragraph 1 in respect of land—...
4.(1) Nothing in this Schedule shall authorise the acquisition, without the consent of the Department...
5.(1) Where a licence holder has acquired any land under paragraph 1, he shall not...
6.Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 shall apply for the purposes...
PART II LICENCE HOLDERS' LAND EXCLUDED FROM COMPULSORY ACQUISITION
WATER RIGHTS FOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC GENERATING STATIONS
1.Without prejudice to Schedule 6 to the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 , a person...
2.On the application of such a licence holder the Department of the Environment may authorise...
3.Where the abstraction, diversion and use will, in the opinion of the Department of the...
4.In this Schedule, “compensation water” means a flow of water, on such conditions and by...
5.In deciding whether to give the authorisation or in specifying the quantity of any compensation...
6.Any question of disputed compensation under paragraph 2 shall be referred to and determined by...
7.An applicant for authorisation under paragraph 2 shall supply to the Department of the Environment...
8.Not later than the date on which the said notice is first published, the applicant...
9.The applicant shall also publish in the Belfast Gazette a notice— (a) stating that he...
10.If before the expiration of 28 days from the date of the first publication of...
11.The expenses incurred by the Department of the Environment in connection with an authorisation under...
12.In paragraphs 1 to 8 “waterway” has the same meaning as in the Water (Northern...
USE, ETC., OF ELECTRICITY METERS
CONSENTS UNDER ARTICLES 39 AND 40
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
PART I PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS FOR PART II OF ORDER
1.In this Part— “day appointed” means the day appointed under Article 1(2); “the 1972 Order”...
2.In so far as any requisition made under paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the...
3.Any tariff fixed under Article 26 of the 1972 Order which is effective on the...
4.Any regulations made under Article 36 of the 1972 Order which are effective on the...
5.(1) Where any application made under Article 33 of the 1972 Order is effective on...
6.(1) Where any application made under Article 39 of the 1972 Order is effective on...
7.Any maximum charge fixed by Northern Ireland Electricity under paragraph 17 of Schedule 3 to...
8.Where any representation or reference made under, or in such circumstances as are mentioned in,...
9.(1) Any land which has been compulsorily acquired under Article 8 of the 1972 Order...
10.Any consent given under Article 38(4) and (6) of the 1972 Order which is effective...
11.Any order made under Article 40 of the 1972 Order which is effective on the...
12.(1) Paragraph 3(1)(a) and (b) of Schedule 7 shall not apply in relation to a...
13.(1) Where— (a) any sum was deposited with Northern Ireland Electricity by way of security...
14.(1) Where immediately before the day appointed for the coming into operation of any provision...
PART II PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS FOR PART III OF ORDER
15.In this Part expressions which are used in Part III of this Order have the...
16.Any licence granted under Article 10 to Northern Ireland Electricity which is effective on the...
17.Any tariff fixed, or having effect as if fixed, under Article 21 by Northern Ireland...
18.Any consent given under Article 39 to Northern Ireland Electricity which is effective on the...
19.Any consent given under Article 40 to Northern Ireland Electricity which is effective on the...
20.Any maximum price fixed, or having effect as if fixed, under Article 47 for the...
21.A direction given under Article 58 to Northern Ireland Electricity which is effective on the...
22.Any land compulsorily acquired by Northern Ireland Electricity before the transfer date which was so...
23.(1) Where immediately before the transfer date there is in force an agreement which— (a)...
24.(1) Any agreement made, transaction effected or other thing done by, to or in relation...
25.It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that— (a) the effect of Part...
26.Any agreement made under paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Electricity Supply (Northern Ireland)...
27.(1) It shall be the duty of Northern Ireland Electricity and the appropriate successor company...
28.(1) Notwithstanding the repeal of Articles 23 and 24 of the Electricity Supply (Northern Ireland)...
29.(1) Where by virtue of anything done before the transfer date, any statutory provision amended...
30.Without prejudice to the powers conferred by Article 95(2), every provision contained in subordinate legislation,...
31.(1) Anything which, immediately before the transfer date, is in process of being done under...
32.(1) An application or claim by Northern Ireland Electricity for hazardous substances consent which is...
33.(1) Where a distribution is proposed to be declared during the accounting reference period of...
36.The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect without prejudice to sections 28 and 29...
The Whole Order you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
The Whole Order you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.
Would you like to continue?
The Whole Order you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.