SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority

Performance of functions

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1

Anything authorised or required to be done by the Authority may be done by—

a

any member or employee of the Authority who is authorised for that purpose by the Authority, whether generally or specially;

b

any committee of the Authority which has been so authorised.

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Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to any power to make statutory instruments.

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Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to provision in rules made under section 51 of the Competition Act 1998 by virtue of paragraph 1A of Schedule 9 to that Act in respect of the exercise of a function under Part 1 of that Act.

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In sub-paragraph (1)(b) “committee of the Authority” does not include a committee whose members include any person who is not a member or employee of the Authority.

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The M1Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply to any power to make statutory instruments conferred on the Authority by or under any Act as if the Authority were a Minister of the Crown.