Electricity Act 1989
Part I ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
Introductory
1 The Director General of Electricity Supply.
2 Consumers’ committees.
3 General duties of Secretary of State and Director.
3A The principal objective and general duties of the Secretary of State and the Authority.
3B Guidance on social and environmental matters.
3C Health and safety.
3D Exceptions from sections 3A to 3C.
Licensing of supply etc.
4 Prohibition on unlicensed supply etc.
5 Exemptions from section 4.
6 Licences authorising supply etc.
6A Procedure for licence applications.
6B Applications for transmission licences.
7 Conditions of licences: general.
7A Transfer of licences.
7B Uniform prices etc. in certain areas of Scotland.
8 Conditions for funding certain companies engaged in nuclear generation in Scotland.
8A Standard conditions of licences.
9 General duties of licence holders.
10 Powers etc. of licence holders.
Modification of licences
11 Modification by agreement.
11A Modification of standard conditions of licences.
12 Modification references to Monopolies Commission.
12A References under section 12: time limits
12B References under section 12: powers of investigation
13 Reports on modification references.
14 Modification following report.
14A Competition Commission’s power to veto modifications following report.
15 Modification by order under other enactments.
15A Licence modifications relating to new electricity trading arrangements.
Supply by public electricity suppliers
16 Duty to supply on request.
16A Procedure for requiring a connection.
17 Exceptions from duty to supply.
18 Power to recover charges.
19 Power to recover expenditure.
20 Power to require security.
21 Additional terms of supply.
22 Special agreements with respect to supply.
23 Determination of disputes.
24 The public electricity supply code.
Enforcement of preceding provisions
25 Orders for securing compliance.
26 Procedural requirements.
27 Validity and effect of orders.
27A Penalties.
27BStatement of policy with respect to penalties.
27C Time limits on the imposition of financial penalties.
27D Interest and payment of instalments.
27E Appeals.
27F Recovery of penalties.
28 Power to require information etc.
Provisions with respect to supply generally
29 Regulations relating to supply and safety.
30 Electrical inspectors.
31 Use etc. of meters.
Protection of public interest
32 Electricity from non-fossil fuel sources.
32A Orders under section 32: supplementary.
32B Green certificates.
32C Payment as alternative to complying with order under section 32.
33 Fossil fuel levy.
34 Fuel stocks etc. at generating stations.
35 Provisions supplementary to section 34.
36 Consent required for construction etc. of generating stations.
37 Consent required for overhead lines.
38 Preservation of amenity and fisheries.
Consumer protection: standards of performance
39 Electricity supply: performance in individual cases.
39A Standards of performance in individual cases: electricity distributors.
39B Standards of performance in individual cases: disputes.
40 Electricity supply: overall performance.
40A Overall standards of performance: electricity distributors.
40B Procedures for prescribing or determining standards of performance.
41 Promotion of efficient use of electricity.
42 Information with respect to levels of performance.
42A Information to be given to customers about overall performance.
42AA Publication of statistical information about standards of performance.
42B Procedures for dealing with complaints.
42C Remuneration and service standards.
Consumer protection: miscellaneous
43 Functions with respect to competition.
43A Adjustment of charges to help disadvantaged groups of customers.
43B Orders: supplementary.
44 Fixing of maximum charges for reselling electricity.
Investigation of complaints
45 Investigation of enforcement matters.
46 Investigation of certain other matters.
46A Power of Council to investigate other matters.
Other functions of Director
47 General functions.
48 Publication of information and advice.
49 Keeping of register.
49A Reasons for decisions.
50 Annual and other reports.
Provisions with respect to committees
51 General duty of consumers’ committees to advise Director etc.etc.
52 Periodical and other reports of consumers’ committees.
53 The National Consumers’ Consultative Committee.
Provisions with respect to Consumers’ etc. Councils
54 Abolition of Consumers’ etc. Councils.
55 Compensation for chairmen and officers of abolished Councils.
56 Continuity of employment of officers of abolished Councils.
Alteration of activities requiring licence
56A Power to alter activities requiring licence.
56B Application by Authority for order including new activities.
56C References to Competition Commission.
56CA References under section 56C: time limits
56CB References under section 56C: application of Enterprise Act 2002
56D Reports on references.
56E Application by Authority for order excluding activities.
56F Consultation by Secretary of State about order excluding activities.
Miscellaneous
56G Service by Authority of certain notices on Council.
57 General restrictions on disclosure of information.
58 Directions restricting the use of certain information.
59 Making of false statements etc.
Supplemental
60 Powers to make regulations.
61 Concurrent proceedings.
62 Public inquiries.
63 Application to Crown land.
64 Interpretation etc. of Part I.
PART II REORGANISATION OF THE INDUSTRY
Transfers to successor companies
65 Transfer of property etc. of Area Boards.
66 Transfer of property etc. of Generating Board and Electricity Council.
67 Transfer of property etc. of Scottish Boards.
68 Transfer schemes under sections 66 and 67.
69 Functions of Secretary of State in relation to transfer schemes.
70 Supplementary provisions as to transfers under sections 66 and 67.
Ownership of successor companies
71 Initial Government holding in the companies.
72 Government investment in securities of the companies.
73 Exercise of functions through nominees.
74 Target investment limit for Government shareholding.
Finances of successor companies
75 Statutory reserves.
76 Statutory accounts.
77 Temporary restrictions on borrowings etc.
78 Government lending to the companies.
79 Treasury guarentees for loans made to the companies.
80 Conversion of certain loans etc. to the Scottish companies.
81 Financial limits on borrowing etc.
Provisions with respect to floatation
82 Responsibility for composite listing particulars.
83 Application of Trustee Investments Act 1961 in relation to investment in operating companies.
Provisions with respect to existing bodies
84 Dissolution etc. of existing bodies.
85 Compensation to members and employees of existing bodies.
86 Discharge of certain advances and loans made to existing bodies.
87 Expenditure and receipts of Electricity Council.
88 Grants towards expenditure during transitional period.
Miscellaneous
89 Payments for the use of tax losses.
90 Taxation provisions.
91 Electricity Stock.
92 Abolition of central guarantee fund.
Supplemental
93 Parliamentary disqualification.
94 Construction of references to property, rights and liabilities.
95 Other interpretation of Part II.
Part III MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL
Miscellaneous
96 Directions for preserving security of electricity supplies etc.
97 Financial assistance for discharge of nuclear liabilities.
98 Provision of statistical information.
99 Promotion of new techniques in national interest.
Amendment of enactments
100 Competition and restrictive trade practices.
101 Rights of entry.
102 Production and supply of heat or electricity etc. by Scottish local authorities.
103 Stamp duty exemption for certain contracts.
Amendment etc. of pension schemes
104 Amendment etc. of Electricity Supply Pension Scheme.
105 Amendment etc. of Scottish Pension Schemes.
Supplemental
106 Regulations and orders.
107 Directions.
108 Offences by bodies corporate.
109 Service of documents.
110 Financial provisions.
111 General interpretation.
112 Amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals.
113 Short title, commencement and extent.
Electricity Act 1989
SCHEDULE 1 The Director General of Electricity Supply
Remuneration, pensions etc.
1(1) There shall be paid to the Director such remuneration,...
Staff
2The Director may, with the approval of the Treasury as...
Expenses of the Director and his staff
3There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—...
Official seal
4The Director shall have an official seal for the authentication...
Performance of functions
5(1) Anything authorised or required by or under this Act...
Documentary evidence
6The Documentary Evidence Act 1868 shall have effect as if...
The Parliamentary Commissioner
7In the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, in Schedule 2 (departments...
Parliamentary disqualification etc.
8In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, in Part...
SCHEDULE 2 Consumers’ Committees
Preliminary
1In this Schedule any reference to the committee is a...
Remuneration, pensions etc. of chairman
2(1) There shall be paid to the chairman of the...
Allowances for other members
3There shall be paid to members of the committee other...
Administration etc.
4The Director may make arrangements for the committee to be...
Proceedings
5The validity of any proceedings of the committee shall not...
6(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, meetings of...
Sub-committees
7(1) The committee may, with the approval of the Director—...
Financial provisions
8(1) There shall be paid by the Director out of...
Amendment of other Acts
9In section 14(1) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons...
10In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of...
SCHEDULE 3 Compulsory Acquisition of Land etc. by Licence Holders
Part I Powers of Acquisition
1(1) Subject to paragraph 2 below, the Secretary of State...
2(1) No order shall be made under paragraph 1 above...
3(1) This paragraph applies to land which—
4Where a licence holder has acquired any land by virtue...
Part II Procedure, Compensation etc. (England and Wales)
Application of Acquisition of Land Act 1981 generally
5(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the Acquisition of Land...
New rights: general adaptation of Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
6The Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 shall have effect with the...
New rights: specific adaptations of Act of 1965
7Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 6 above, Part...
8For section 7 of that Act (measure of compensation) there...
9For subsection (1) of section 8 of that Act (protection...
10The following provisions of that Act (being provisions stating the...
11Section 11 of that Act (powers of entry) shall be...
12Section 20 of that Act (protection for interests of tenants...
13Section 22 of that Act (protection of acquiring authority’s possession...
New rights: compensation
14The enactments in force in England and Wales with respect...
Part III Procedure, Compensation etc. (Scotland)
Application of Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 generally
15(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the Acquisition of Land...
New rights: general application of Act of 1947 and incorporated enactments
16The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947, and...
New rights: specific adaptations of Act of 1947
17Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 16 above, Part...
18In paragraph 9 of that Schedule (compulsory purchase affecting land...
19In paragraph 10 of that Schedule (land of statutory undertakers)—...
20In paragraph 11 of that Schedule (common or open space),...
21In paragraph 12 of that Schedule, for the words “the...
22Paragraph 3(1) of the Second Schedule to the Acquisition of...
23For paragraph 4 of that Schedule (protection for owner against...
New rights: specific adaptations of Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845
24Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 16 above, the...
25For section 61 of that Act (estimation of compensation) there...
26The following provisions of that Act (being provisions stating the...
27Sections 114 (compensation to be made to tenants for a...
28Sections 117 (protection of promoter of undertaking where by inadvertence...
New rights: compensation
29The enactments in force in Scotland with respect to compensation...
SCHEDULE 4 Other Powers etc. of Licence Holders
Street works etc. in England and Wales
1(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, for...
Road works etc. in Scotland
2(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, for...
Alteration of works
3(1) A licence holder may execute works in pursuance of...
4(1) Any of the following who is authorised by or...
Protection from interference
5(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a licence holder who...
Acquisition of wayleaves
6(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) for any purpose connected...
Provisions supplementary to paragraph 6
7(1) Where a wayleave is granted to a licence holder...
Temporary continuation of wayleaves
8(1) This paragraph applies where at any time such a...
Felling and lopping of trees etc.
9(1) This paragraph applies where any tree is or will...
Entry on land for purposes of exploration
10(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph and...
Provisions supplementary to paragraphs 9 and 10
11(1) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person acting in...
Interpretation
12In this Schedule— “moveables” means chattels in relation to England...
SCHEDULE 5 Water Rights for Hydro-Electric Generating Stations in Scotland
1In Scotland, a person who holds a licence under section...
2Authorisation under paragraph 1 above shall be by order and...
3Where the abstraction, diversion, and use will, in the opinion...
4In this Schedule “compensation water” means a flow of water,...
5In deciding whether to make the order or in prescribing...
6Any question of disputed compensation under paragraph 1 above shall...
7An applicant for authorisation under paragraph 1 above shall submit...
8Not later than the date on which the said notice...
9The applicant shall also publish in the Edinburgh Gazette a...
10The applicant shall, at the request of any person interested,...
11The Secretary of State may make an order in the...
12If before the expiration of the 28 days referred to...
13The expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in connection...
14In paragraphs 7 and 8 above the expression “area affected...
15In paragraphs 1 to 8 above “watercourse” includes all rivers,...
SCHEDULE 6 The Public Electricity Supply Code
Provisions as to powers of entry
10(1) The Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act...
Electrical plant etc. not to be subject to distress
11(1) This paragraph applies to any electric line, electrical plant...
Recovery of electricity charges etc.
1(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a public electricity supplier...
Restoration of supply by supplier
2(1) Where a public electricity supplier has cut off the...
Restoration of supply without consent
3(1) Where a supply of electricity to any premises has...
Damage to electrical plant etc.
4(1) If any person intentionally or by culpable negligence damages...
Entry during continuance of supply
5(1) Any officer authorised by a public electricity supplier may...
Entry on discontinuance of supply
6(1) Where a public electricity supplier is authorised by sub-paragraph...
Entry for replacing, repairing or altering lines or plant
7(1) Any officer authorised by a public electricity supplier, after...
Provisions as to powers of entry
8(1) Where in pursuance of any powers of entry conferred...
Electrical plant etc. not to be subject to distress
9Any electrical plant, electric line or electricity meter owned by...
SCHEDULE 7 Use etc. of Electricity Meters
Consumption to be ascertained by appropriate meter
1(1) Where a customer of an electricity supplier is to...
Restrictions on use of meters
2(1) No meter shall be used for ascertaining the quantity...
3(1) If an electricity supplier supplies electricity through a meter...
Meter examiners
4(1) The Director shall appoint competent and impartial persons as...
Certification of meters
5(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a meter may be...
Apparatus for testing etc. of meters
6(1) It shall be the duty of a person to...
Testing etc. of meters
7(1) It shall be the duty of a meter examiner,...
8(1) This paragraph applies where there is a genuine dispute...
Presumptions and evidence
9(1) This paragraph applies to meters used for ascertaining the...
Meters to be kept in proper order
10(1) A customer of an electricity supplier shall at all...
Interference with meters
11(1) If any person intentionally or by culpable negligence—
Special provision for pre-payment meters
12(1) A customer of an electricity supplier who takes his...
Interpretation
13In this Schedule— “agreed margins of error” has the meaning...
SCHEDULE 8 Consents under Sections 36 and 37
Applications for consent
1(1) An application for a consent under section 36 or...
Objections by relevant planning authority
2(1) Where an application is made to the Secretary of...
Objections by other persons
3(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision...
Public inquiries
4(1) Where in accordance with paragraph 2(2) or 3(2) above...
Provisions supplementary to paragraphs 2 to 4
5(1) Where in accordance with paragraph 2(2) or 3(2) above...
Special provisions as to consents under section 37
6(1) Where an application for consent under section 37 of...
Deemed planning permission etc.
7(1) On granting a consent under section 36 or 37...
Supplemental
8(1) In this Schedule “relevant planning authority” has the meaning...
SCHEDULE 9 PRESERVATION OF AMENITY AND FISHERIES.
Preservation of amenity: England and Wales
1(1) In formulating any relevant proposals, a licence holder or...
2(1) A licence holder shall within twelve months from the...
Preservation of amenity and fisheries: Scotland
3(1) In formulating any relevant proposals, a licence holder or...
4(1) A licence holder shall within twelve months from the...
Fisheries Committee: Scotland
5(1) The Fisheries Committee appointed under section 5(2) of the...
SCHEDULE 10 Transfers under Sections 66 and 67
Allocation of property, rights and liabilities: general
1(1) The provisions of this paragraph shall apply where the...
2(1) The provisions of this paragraph shall apply where the...
Allocation of rights and liabilities: contracts of employment
3(1) The provisions of this paragraph shall apply where—
Variation of transfers by agreement
4(1) The provisions of this paragraph shall apply where the...
Right to production of documents of title
5(1) The provisions of this paragraph shall apply where the...
Proof of title by certificate
6(1) Where two or more transfers are effected in pursuance...
Restrictions on dealing with certain land
7(1) Where two or more transfers are effected in pursuance...
Third parties affected by vesting provisions
8(1) A transaction of any description which, in pursuance of...
9(1) If in consequence of two or more transfers effected...
Interpretation
10Any reference in this Schedule to a transfer effected in...
SCHEDULE 11 TAXATION PROVISIONS
General
1(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the following...
Chargeable gains
2(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) by virtue of a...
2AIn this Schedule “ the 1992 Act ” means the...
Roll-over relief
3(1) Where— (a) a held over gain would, but for...
Unallowed capital losses
4(1) Any unallowed capital losses of an existing body shall...
Transaction in pursuance of section 68(2)(c)
5(1) Sub-paragraph (2) below applies to any disposal (within the...
Transfers in pursuance of Schedule 10
6Where any property, rights and liabilities to which a transfer...
Apportionments etc.
7(1) This paragraph applies where any apportionment or other matter...
Securities of successor companies
8(1) Any share issued by a successor company in pursuance...
Extinguishment of liabilities: restriction of tax losses
9(1) Section 400(1) of the 1988 Act (write-off of government...
Income tax exemption for certain interests
10The vesting in a successor company by this Act of...
Stamp Duty
11(1) No transfer effected by this Act shall give rise...
Stamp duty reserve tax
12(1) No agreement made for the purposes of or for...
Interpretation etc.
13(1) In this Schedule— “the 1988 Act” means the Income...
SCHEDULE 12 Nuclear Liabilities: Financial Assistance
Grants by Secretary of State
1(1) Subject to paragraph 4 below, the Secretary of State...
Loans by Secretary of State
2(1) Subject to paragraph 4 below, the Secretary of State...
Guarantees by Secretary of State
3(1) Subject to paragraph 4 below, the Secretary of State...
Financial limits
4(1) The aggregate of the following, namely—
Interpretation
5In this Schedule “qualifying expenditure” has the meaning given by...
SCHEDULE 13 Production and Supply of Heat or Electricity etc. by Scottish Local Authorities
In the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the following provisions...
SCHEDULE 14 The Electricity Supply Pension Scheme
Power to amend scheme
1(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations amending the...
Protection for certain persons
2(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations for the...
3(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, this sub-paragraph applies to—...
4(1) So much of Schedule 13 to the Employment Protection...
Interpretation
5(1) In this Schedule— “Consultative Council” means a Consultative Council...
SCHEDULE 15 The Scottish Pension Schemes
Power to amend schemes
1(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations amending the...
Protection for certain persons
2(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations for the...
3(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, this sub-paragraph applies to—...
4(1) So much of Schedule 13 to the Employment Protection...
Interpretation
5(1) In this Schedule— “Consultative Council” means a Consultative Council...
SCHEDULE 16 Minor and Consequential Amendments
Enactments relating to statutory undertakers etc.
1(1) The holder of a licence under section 6(1) of...
2(1) A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any...
3(1) In the following enactments, namely— (a) the Water Act...
The Civil Defence Act 1939 (c.31)
4In section 90 of the Civil Defence Act 1939 (interpretation),...
The Water Act 1945 (c.42)
5In Schedule 3 to the Water Act 1945 (incorporated provisions:...
The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c.54)
6In section 19(2) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (definition...
The Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950 (c.39)
7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954 (c.21)
8(1) The Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act...
The Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958 (c.30)
9In section 14(2)(b) of the Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958...
The Water Resources Act 1963 (c.38)
10In section 19(4)(f) of, and in paragraph 4(h) of Schedule...
The Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c.57)
11For subsection (4) of section 3 of the Nuclear Installations...
The Building Control Act 1966 (c.27)
12In section 5(1) of the Building Control Act 1966, after...
The Forestry Act 1967 (c.10)
13(1) Section 9 of the Forestry Act 1967 (licences for...
The Transport Act 1968 (c. 73)
14In section 109(2) of the Transport Act 1968, for paragraphs...
The Post Office Act 1969 (c.48)
15In section 7(1A) of the Post Office Act 1969 (powers...
The Fair Trading Act 1973 (c.41)
16(1) The Fair Trading Act 1973 shall be amended as...
The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39)
17(1) The Consumer Credit Act 1974 shall be amended as...
The Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40)
18(1) Section 21 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974...
The Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 (c. 34)
19In section 41(1)(a) of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976...
The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57)
20(1) Section 11 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...
The Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70)
21In section 112(2)(a) of the Land Drainage Act 1976 (protection...
The Energy Act 1976 (c. 76)
22In section 14 of the Energy Act 1976 (fuelling for...
The Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 33)
23In section 28(1) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979...
The Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38)
24In section 10(3)(a) of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (exceptions...
The Competition Act 1980 (c. 21)
25In section 19 of the Competition Act 1980 (exceptions to...
The Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45)
26(1) The Water (Scotland) Act 1980 shall be amended as...
The Highways Act 1980 (c. 66)
27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67)
28In section 28 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981...
The Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12)
29(1) The Telecommunications Act 1984 shall be amended as follows....
The Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54)
30In section 61(4) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (permission...
The Building Act 1984 (c. 55)
31In section 80(3) of the Building Act 1984 (notice to...
The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66)
32In section 70(4)(b) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (supplies...
The Airports Act 1986 (c. 31)
33In section 74 of the Airports Act 1986 (restrictions on...
The Gas Act 1986 (c. 44)
34In section 42 of the Gas Act 1986 (general restrictions...
The Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45)
35(1) The Insolvency Act 1986 shall be amended as follows....
The Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43)
36In section 38 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (general...
The Water Act 1989 (c. 15)
37In section 160 of the Water Act 1989 (protection of...
Interpretation
38In this Schedule expressions which are used in Part I...
SCHEDULE 17 Transitional Provisions and Savings
Part I Provisions and Savings for Part I of Act
1(1) In so far as any requisition made under section...
2Any tariff fixed under section 37(3) of the Electricity Act...
3Any regulations made under section 16 of the Energy Act...
4(1) Where any application made under section 2 of the...
5(1) Where any application made under section 10(b) of the...
6Any maximum charge fixed by an Electricity Board under section...
7Where any representation, reference or report made under, or in...
8(1) Any land which has been compulsorily acquired under section...
9Any consent given under subsection (1) of section 22 of...
10Any order made under subsection (3) of section 34 of...
11(1) Any meter of a pattern which is approved for...
12Any regulations made under section 34(2) of the Electricity Act...
13Where— (a) any sum was deposited with an Electricity Board...
14(1) Where immediately before the day appointed for the coming...
15The repeal by this Act of any provision by virtue...
16In this Part of this Schedule “the Electricity Acts” means—...
Part II Provisions and Savings for Part II of Act
17Any licence granted under section 6 of this Act to...
18Any tariff fixed, or having effect as if fixed, under...
19Any consent given under section 36 of this Act to...
20Any consent given under section 37 of this Act to...
21Any maximum price fixed, or having effect as if fixed,...
22A direction given under section 96 of this Act to...
23(1) Any land compulsorily acquired by an Electricity Board before...
24(1) Where immediately before the transfer date there is in...
25(1) Any agreement made, transaction effected or other thing done...
26It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that—...
27The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 shall...
28Any agreement made under section 53 of the Electricity Act...
29(1) It shall be the duty of an Electricity Board...
30(1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 46...
31(1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 30...
32Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of sections 10 and...
33Where by virtue of anything done before the transfer date,...
34Without prejudice to the powers conferred by section 112(2) of...
35(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of...
36(1) Where immediately before the transfer date an Electricity Board...
37(1) An application or claim by an Electricity Board for...
38(1) Where an asset, or the right to receive an...
39(1) Where a distribution is proposed to be declared during...
40In this Part of this Schedule expressions which are used...
SCHEDULE 18 Repeals

Electricity Act 1989

1989 c. 29

An Act to provide for the appointment and functions of a Director General of Electricity Supply and of consumers’ committees for the electricity supply industry; to make new provision with respect to the supply of electricity through electric lines and the generation and transmission of electricity for such supply; to abolish the Electricity Consumers’ Council and the Consultative Councils established under the Electricity Act 1947; to provide for the vesting of the property, rights and liabilities of the Electricity Boards and the Electricity Council in companies nominated by the Secretary of State and the subsequent dissolution of those Boards and that Council; to provide for the giving of financial assistance in connection with the storage and reprocessing of nuclear fuel, the treatment, storage and disposal of radioactive waste and the decommissioning of nuclear installations; to amend the Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954 and the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; and for connected purposes.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—C2C1

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Act: references to the Director General of Electricity Supply ("the Director") shall be read as references to the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority ("the Authority") (20.12.2000) by virtue of Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27), s. 3(2); S.I. 2000/3343, art. 2, Sch.

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Act: references to a public gas transporter or to the holder of a licence under section 7 of the 1986 Act shall have effect as if they were references to a gas transporter (1.10.2001) by virtue of Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27), s. 76(7); S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3-20)