C3C5C1C2 Part I ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
Pt. I modified (S.) (30.11.2005) by The Electricity from Non-Fossil Fuel Sources (Scotland) Saving Arrangements Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/549), arts. 1(1), 9
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) applied (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3264, regs. 4(2), 5(2)
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (E.W.) (27.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2727, art. 10
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (7.11.2000) by 2000 c. 27, s. 105(1)(a); S.I. 2000/2974, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-12)
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (E.W.) (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2000/2727, art. 10 (as substituted (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3268, art. 2(13))
C15 Introductory
Ss. 3A-3D applied (18.2.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), ss. 136(2), 156(2)
C4C6C7C8C9C10C11C12C14C13C16F13C Health and safety.
1
The Secretary of State and the Authority shall consult F3—
a
the Health and Safety Executive about all electricity safety issues, and
b
the Office for Nuclear Regulation about all electricity safety issues relating to nuclear sites (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013),
which may be relevant to the carrying out of their respective functions under this Part.
2
The Secretary of State may require the Authority also to consult him about electricity safety issues of particular descriptions.
3
The Secretary of State and the Authority shall, in carrying out their respective functions under this Part, take into account any advice given by F2the Health and Safety Executive F4or the Office for Nuclear Regulation about any electricity safety issue (whether or not in response to consultation under subsection (1)).
4
The Authority shall, in carrying out its functions under this Part, take into account any advice given by the Secretary of State about any electricity safety issue (whether or not in response to consultation under subsection (2)).
5
For the purposes of this section an electricity safety issue is anything concerning the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity which may affect the health and safety of—
a
members of the public; or
b
persons employed in connection with any of those activities.
Pt. I modified (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 184(12), 185(13), 198(2); S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1