PART IINTRODUCTORY

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Gas Order 1996 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2006.

Interpretation2

1

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

2

In these Regulations—

  • “the Authority” means the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation;

  • “the 1996 Order” means the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 19964;

  • “the Department” means the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment; and

  • “the Energy Order” means the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 20035.