The Utilities Act 2000 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions ) Order 2001

Transitional provisions

6.—(1) This article applies where—

(a) before the appointed day a dispute has arisen under sections 16 to 22(1) of the Electricity Act between a public electricity supplier and a person requiring a supply of electricity (referred to in this article as “the customer”);

(b) the dispute relates to a connection between premises and the distribution system of the public electricity supplier (referred to in this article as “the connection”); and

(c) that dispute has not been referred to the Authority as provided for in section 23(1)(a)(2) of the Electricity Act or has been so referred but has not been determined

and in this article such a dispute shall be referred to as a “continuing dispute”.

(2) On and after the appointed day a continuing dispute shall have effect, in so far as it relates to the connection, as a dispute between the customer and the distribution successor.

(3) On and after the appointed day section 23 of the Electricity Act (as amended by paragraphs 24 and 26 of Schedule 6) shall apply to a continuing dispute, save that for “21” in each place that it occurs there is substituted “22”.

(1)

With effect from the appointed day sections 16 to 22 of the Electricity Act are amended by sections 44 to 49.

(2)

Section 23 of the Electricity Act was amended by the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992 (c. 43), section 25, Schedule 1, paragraph 11 and Schedule 2. With effect from the appointed day the said section 23 is amended by Schedule 6, paragraphs 24 and 26.