12.—(1) Article 11AB (Conditions on transmission licences relating to priority dispatch) of the Electricity Order is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading, after “transmission” insert “and distribution”.
(3) In paragraph (1)—
(a)after “a transmission” insert “or a distribution”; and
(b)after “in accordance with Article 16(2)(c) of Directive 2009/28/EC” insert “and Article 15(5)(c) of Directive 2012/27/EU”.
(4) In paragraph (4), for the words “Annex III of Directive 2004/8/EC(6) of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of co-generation based on useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC(7)” there shall be substituted “Annex II of the Energy Efficiency Directive (as defined in Article 11AC(8))”.
13.—(1) The Electricity (Priority Dispatch) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3—
(a)in the heading, after “Transmission” insert “and Distribution”
(b)after “an existing transmission licence” insert “or existing distribution licence”; and
(c)after “in accordance with Article 16(2)(c) of Directive 2009/28 EC” insert “and Article 15(5)(c) of Directive 2012/27/EU”.
(3) In regulation 5, after the definition of “the 1992 Order” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““Directive 2012/27/EU” means the European Parliament and Council Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency, amending Directive 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directive 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC.”.