Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order—
(a)provides for the appointment and functions of a Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland and of a Consumer Committee for Electricity;
(b)makes new provision with respect to the supply of electricity through electric lines and the generation and transmission of electricity for such supply;
(c)abolishes the General Consumer Council’s functions in relation to electricity; and
(d)provides for the vesting of the assets and liabilities of Northern Ireland Electricity in companies nominated by the Department and the subsequent dissolution of Northern Ireland Electricity.