The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

1.  For Article 1 of the Gas Regulation (subject-matter and scope) substitute— U.K.

“Article 1 U.K. Subject matter and scope

1.   This Regulation aims at—

(a) setting non-discriminatory rules for access conditions to natural gas transmission systems with a view to ensuring the proper functioning of the market in gas;

(b) setting non-discriminatory rules for access conditions to LNG facilities and storage facilities;

(c) facilitating the emergence of a well-functioning and transparent wholesale market with a high level of security of supply in gas.

2.   The objectives referred to in paragraph 1 include the setting of principles for tariffs, or the methodologies underlying their calculation, for access to the network, but not to storage facilities, the establishment of third-party access services and principles for capacity allocation and congestion-management, the determination of transparency requirements, balancing rules and imbalance charges, and the facilitation of capacity trading.

3.   In so far as this Regulation applies to storage facilities, it applies only to—

(a) storage facilities within the jurisdiction of Great Britain to which section 19B of the Gas Act 1986 M1 applies; and

(b) storage facilities in Northern Ireland, other than those to which an exemption has been granted in accordance with Article 39A of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 M2 ,

except for Article 19(4) which applies to all storage facilities.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 1986 c. 44. Section 19B was inserted by S.I. 2000/1937 and amended by S.I. 2004/2043 and 2011/2704.

M2 S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2). Article 39A was inserted by S.R. 2013 No. 92.