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34. In the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999(1), in the second column in the entries relating to the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority—
(a)after “(as defined in section 4(3E) of the Electricity Act 1989)”, insert “or providing a smart meter communication service (as defined in section 4(3G) of that Act(2))”; and
(b)after “(as defined in section 5(8) of the Gas Act 1986)”, insert “or providing a smart meter communication service (as defined in section 5(11) of that Act(3))”.
35.—(1) The Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002(4) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(5) (interpretation), insert into the relevant place—
““smart meter communication provider” means a person who holds a licence under section 6(1)(f) of the Electricity Act 1989;”.
(3) In regulation 4 (duty of co-operation) for “and meter operators”, substitute “, meter operators and smart meter communication providers”.
SI 1999/1549, Schedule substituted by SI 2003/1993 and a relevant amendment was made by SI 2005/2464.
Section 4(3G) is inserted by article 4(3) of this Order.
Section 5(11) is inserted by article 19(3) of this Order.
SI 2002/2665, to which there are amendments which are not relevant for the purposes of this Order.
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