SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6 Minor and consequential amendments

Part III Other Acts

Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954 (c. 21)

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1

The Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954 is amended as follows.

2

In section 1(2) (restriction on exercise of rights), for “a public electricity supplier” there is substituted “ an electricity operator ”.

3

In section 2(1) (warrants)—

a

for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

a

that admission to premises specified in the information is reasonably required by a gas operator or an electricity operator or by an employee of a gas operator or an electricity operator;

and

b

for the words “supplier or any employee of the operator or supplier” (in paragraph (b) and the words following paragraph (c)) there is substituted “ any employee of the operator ”.

4

In section 2(3) for “a public electricity supplier” there is substituted “ an electricity operator ”.

5

In section 3 (interpretation)—

a

in the definition of “employee”, for paragraph (b) there is substituted—

b

in relation to an electricity operator, an officer, servant or agent of the operator and any person authorised by such an agent

b

for the definition of “public electricity supplier” there is substituted—

“electricity operator” means an electricity distributor or an electricity supplier (within the meaning of Part I of the Electricity Act 1989);