Part 3Energy Regulation

Chapter 1Electricity trading and transmission

135Alteration of transmission activities requiring licence

1

Section 4 of the 1989 Act (prohibition on unlicensed activities in connection with supply of electricity) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (which lists the activities prohibited), for paragraph (b) substitute—

b

participates in the transmission of electricity for that purpose;

3

After subsection (3) insert—

3A

In subsection (1)(b) above, the reference to a person who participates in the transmission of electricity is to a person who—

a

co-ordinates, and directs, the flow of electricity onto and over a transmission system by means of which the transmission of electricity takes place, or

b

makes available for use for the purposes of such a transmission system anything which forms part of it.

3B

For the purposes of subsection (3A)(b), a person shall not be regarded as making something available just because he consents to its being made available by another.

4

In subsection (4) (definitions for the purposes of Part 1), for the definition of “transmit” substitute—

“transmission”, in relation to electricity, means transmission by means of a transmission system;

“transmission system” means a system which—

a

consists (wholly or mainly) of high voltage lines and electrical plant, and

b

is used for conveying electricity from a generating station to a substation, from one generating station to another or from one substation to another.