Utilities Act 2000

32 U.K. In section 39 (standards of performance in individual cases)—

(a) for subsection (1) there is substituted—

“(1) The Authority may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, make regulations prescribing such standards of performance in connection with the activities of electricity suppliers, so far as affecting customers or potential customers of theirs, as in the Authority’s opinion ought to be achieved in individual cases.”;

(b) in subsection (2), for the words from “and may” to the end there is substituted “ and, if the Authority is of the opinion that the differences are such that no electricity supplier would be unduly disadvantaged in competing with other electricity suppliers, may make different provision for different electricity suppliers. ”;

(c) in subsection (2)(a) and (c) for “public electricity suppliers” there is substituted “ electricity suppliers ”;

(d) in subsections (3) and (4) for “a public electricity supplier” there is substituted “ an electricity supplier ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 6 para. 32 in force for specified purposes at 16.5.2001 by S.I. 2001/1781, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-10); Sch. 6 para. 32 in force for all remaining purposes at 1.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)