Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024

Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29)

10 (1) Section 56CB of the Electricity Act 1989 (references under section 56C: application of EA 2002) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a)—

(a) after “shall apply,” insert “as they had effect immediately before the relevant date and”;

(b) for “apply”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “applied immediately before that date”.

(3) In subsection (4)—

(a) after “shall apply” insert “, as it had effect immediately before the relevant date,”;

(b) for “applies” substitute “applied immediately before that date”.

(4) In subsection (5)—

(a) for “have”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “, immediately before the relevant date, had”;

(b) at the end insert “as those provisions had effect immediately before that date”.

(5) After subsection (6) insert—

“(7) In this section “the relevant date” means the date on which section 143 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 came into force.”