The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendments to the Electricity Network Codes and Guidelines (System Operation and Connection) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

6.—(1) The Electricity Network Codes and Guidelines (System Operation and Connection) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1—

(a) in the heading, for “and commencement” substitute “, commencement and extent”.

(b) after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.”.

(3) Schedule 1 is amended as follows.

(a) omit paragraph 3(5);

(b) in paragraph 4(2), after sub-paragraph (a), insert—

“(ab) for “Regulation (EC) No 714/2009” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast)”;”;

(c) in paragraph 4(3)—

(i) for paragraph (1A)(d), substitute—

“(d) the definition of “regulatory authority” in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/943;”;

(ii) in paragraph (1B), for “Regulation (EC) No 714/2009”, substitute “Regulation (EU) 2019/943”;

(iii) in paragraph (1C), for “exit day” substitute “IP completion day”;

(d) in paragraph 4(4), after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) omit point (89);”;

(e) in paragraph 12(4), for “exit day”, in each place it occurs, substitute “IP completion day”;

(f) for paragraph 14 substitute—

“14.   Omit Article 13.”;

(g) in paragraph 16(2)(a), for paragraph (ii) substitute—

“(ii) for “Article 8(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009” substitute “Article 30(1)(i) of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 as that provision applied in EU law immediately before IP completion day”;”;

(h) in paragraph 23(2), after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) in point (i), for “Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009” substitute “Article 16(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 as that provision applied in EU law immediately before IP completion day”.”;

(i) in paragraph 24, for “2105/1222” substitute “2015/1222”;

(j) in paragraph 44(2), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) for “Article 8(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009” substitute “Article 30(1)(i) of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 as that provision applied in EU law immediately before IP completion day”;”;

(k) in paragraph 46(4), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) in point (h), after “Regulation (EC) No 714/2009” insert “before 1 January 2020 or according to Articles 59 and 61 of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 as they apply in domestic law”;”.

(4) Schedule 2 is amended as follows.

(a) omit paragraph 3(5);

(b) in paragraph 4—

(i) in subparagraph (2) for “exit day”, in each place it occurs, substitute “IP completion day”;

(ii) in subparagraph (3), after paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba) for “Regulation (EC) 714/2009” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast)”;”;

(c) for paragraph 10 substitute—

“10.   Omit Article 10.”;

(d) in paragraph 26, for “exit day” substitute “IP completion day”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/533, as amended by S.I. 2019/1104.