The Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2020 No. 279

Gas

The Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made

24th November 2020

Coming into operation

16th December 2020

The Department for the Economy is a Northern Ireland Department designated M1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 in relation to energy and energy sources.

The Department for the Economy in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act makes the following Regulations.

Marginal Citations

M1 The European Communities (Designation) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/761), article 7. By virtue of section 2(5) of the European Communities Act 1972, references in section 2(2) of that Act to a government department include a department of the Government of Northern Ireland.

M2 1972 c. 68. The European Communities Act 1972 was repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) with effect from exit day, but saved with modifications until IP completion day by section 1A of that Act (as inserted by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1). Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 and S.I. 2007/1388