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Duties of electricity distributors
Enforcement of preceding provisions
Consumer protection: standards of performance
39A. Standards of performance in individual cases: electricity distributors.
39B. Standards of performance in individual cases: disputes.
40A. Overall standards of performance: electricity distributors.
40B. Procedures for prescribing or determining standards of performance.
41A. Promotion of the efficient use by consumers of electricity.
42A. Information to be given to customers about overall performance.
42AA. Publication of statistical information about standards of performance.
Part III MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL
Electricity Act 1989
Compulsory Acquisition of Land etc. by Licence Holders
Part II Procedure, Compensation etc. (England and Wales)
New rights: general adaptation of Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
New rights: specific adaptations of Act of 1965
7.Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 6 above, Part...
8.For section 7 of that Act (measure of compensation) there...
9.For subsection (1) of section 8 of that Act (protection...
10.The following provisions of that Act (being provisions stating the...
12.Section 20 of that Act (protection for interests of tenants...
13.Section 22 of that Act (protection of acquiring authority’s possession...
Part III Procedure, Compensation etc. (Scotland)
Application of Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 generally
New rights: general application of Act of 1947 and incorporated enactments
New rights: specific adaptations of Act of 1947
17.Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 16 above, Part...
18.In paragraph 9 of that Schedule (compulsory purchase affecting land...
19.In paragraph 10 of that Schedule (land of statutory undertakers)—...
20.In paragraph 11 of that Schedule (common or open space),...
21.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22.Paragraph 3(1) of the Second Schedule to the Acquisition of...
23.For paragraph 4 of that Schedule (protection for owner against...
New rights: specific adaptations of Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845
24.Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 16 above, the...
25.For section 61 of that Act (estimation of compensation) there...
26.The following provisions of that Act (being provisions stating the...
27.Sections 114 (compensation to be made to tenants for a...
28.Sections 117 (protection of promoter of undertaking where by inadvertence...
Other Powers etc. of Licence Holders
Water Rights for Hydro-Electric Generating Stations in Scotland
1.In Scotland, a person who holds a licence under section...
2.Authorisation under paragraph 1 above shall be by order and...
3.Where the abstraction, diversion, and use will, in the opinion...
4.In this Schedule “compensation water” means a flow of water,...
5.In deciding whether to make the order or in prescribing...
6.Any question of disputed compensation under paragraph 1 above shall...
7.An applicant for authorisation under paragraph 1 above shall submit...
9.The applicant shall also publish in the Edinburgh Gazette a...
10.The applicant shall, at the request of any person interested,...
13.The expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in connection...
15.In paragraphs 1 to 8 above “watercourse” includes all rivers,...
Use etc. of Electricity Meters
Consents under Sections 36 and 37
PRESERVATION OF AMENITY AND FISHERIES.
Nuclear Liabilities: Financial Assistance
Production and Supply of Heat or Electricity etc. by Scottish Local Authorities
The Electricity Supply Pension Scheme
Transitional Provisions and Savings
Part I Provisions and Savings for Part I of Act
2.Any tariff fixed under section 37(3) of the Electricity Act...
3.Any regulations made under section 16 of the Energy Act...
5.(1) Where any application made under section 10(b) of the...
6.Any maximum charge fixed by an Electricity Board under section...
7.Where any representation, reference or report made under, or in...
8.(1) Any land which has been compulsorily acquired under section...
9.Any consent given under subsection (1) of section 22 of...
12.Any regulations made under section 34(2) of the Electricity Act...
13.Where— (a) any sum was deposited with an Electricity Board...
14.(1) Where immediately before the day appointed for the coming...
16.In this Part of this Schedule “the Electricity Acts” means—...
Part II Provisions and Savings for Part II of Act
21.Any maximum price fixed, or having effect as if fixed,...
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...
26.It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that—...
27.The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 shall...
28.Any agreement made under section 53 of the Electricity Act...
30.(1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 46...
31.(1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 30...
32.Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of sections 10 and...
33.Where by virtue of anything done before the transfer date,...
34.Without prejudice to the powers conferred by section 112(2) of...
36.(1) Where immediately before the transfer date an Electricity Board...
37.(1) An application or claim by an Electricity Board for...
39.(1) Where a distribution is proposed to be declared during...
40.In this Part of this Schedule expressions which are used...
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