Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27)

Part IV U.K. Amendment of the Electricity Act 1989

Duties of electricity distributors U.K.

50 General duties of electricity distributors. U.K.

In section 9 of the 1989 Act (general duties of licence holders), for subsection (1) there is substituted—

“(1) It shall be the duty of an electricity distributor—

(a) to develop and maintain an efficient, co-ordinated and economical system of electricity distribution;

(b) to facilitate competition in the supply and generation of electricity.”

Commencement Information

I1 S. 50 wholly in force at 1.10.2001; s. 50 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 110(2); s. 50 in force at 1.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)