The Energy Act 1983 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1983

Statutory Instruments

1983 No. 790 (C.23)

ELECTRICITY

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

ATOMIC ENERGY AND RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS

The Energy Act 1983 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1983

Made

23rd May 1983

The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under section 37(1) and (2) of the Energy Act 1983 (hereinafter called “the Act”), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Energy Act 1983 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1983.

2.—(1) The following provisions of the Act, namely—

(a) Part I (except sections 21 and 22),

(b) Part III (except paragraph (b) of section 35 and section 37(3)),

(c) Schedules 1 and 3, and

(d) the repeals in Part I of Schedule 4 specified in the Appendix to this Order,

shall, subject to paragraph (2) of this Article, come into force on 1st June 1983.

(2) The following transitional provisions and savings shall have effect—

(a) in relation to paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Act, section 53 of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899(1) shall continue to have effect without amendment for the purposes of any connection or disconnection of a meter effected prior to 1st June 1983.

(b) in relation to paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Act, any question which has been referred to a meter examiner under the provisions of section 57 of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899(2) prior to 1st June 1983, but which could not be so referred after that date, shall be determined by the meter examiner notwithstanding the amendment to section 57; and

(c) in relation to paragraph 17(4) of Schedule 1 to the Act, and to the repeal of subsections (5) to (8) of section 30 of the Electricity Act 1957, the said subsections (5) to (8) shall continue to have effect for the purposes of offences committed prior to 1st June 1983.

3.  The following provisions of the Act, namely—

(a) sections 21 and 22,

(b) Part II,

(c) paragraph (b) of section 35 and section 37(3),

(d) Schedule 2, and

(e) Part II of Schedule 4,

shall come into force on 1st September 1983.

Nigel Lawson

Secretary of State for Energy

23rd May 1983

APPENDIX REPEALS TAKING EFFECT FROM 1ST JUNE 1983

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
1899 c. 19.	The Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899.	In the Schedule (as incorporated with the Electricity Act 1947 or any other enactment)—
in section 2, the words from “forty-nine” to “fifty-eight”;
in section 52, the words from “and for those purposes” to “acts”;
section 54(2).
1909 c. 34.	The Electric Lighting Act 1909.	Section 23.
1919 c. 10>.	The Electricity (Supply) Act 1919.	Section 11. In section 36, the definition of “private generating station”.
1922 c. 46.	The Electricity (Supply) Act 1922.	Section 23.
1936 c. 20.	The Electricity Supply (Meters) Act 1936.	In section 1(1), the words “by authorised undertakers”. In section 1(3), the words “by any consumer or the undertakers as the case may be”.
1946 c. 49.	The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946.	In Schedule 4, the entry relating to the Electricity (Supply) Act 1919.
1947 c. 54.	The Electricity Act 1947.	In section 2(4)(b), the words “under the foregoing section”.
In section 2(5), the words from “under” where it first occurs to “this section” and the words from “but” to the end.
In section 37(4), the words “on the premises of the consumer”.
In Schedule 4—
in Part I, the entries relating to section 23 of the Electric Lighting Act 1909 and section 11 of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1919; and
in Part III, the entry relating to section 49 of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xciv.	The South of Scotland Electricity Order Confirmation Act 1956.	Section 40.
1957 c. 48.	The Electricity Act 1957.	In section 2(7)(c), the words “under the preceding provisions of this section”.
Section 30(5) to (8).
In Schedule 4—
in Part I the entry relating to section 50 of the Electricity Act 1947; and
in Part II, the entry relating to the Electricity (Supply) Act 1919.
7 Eliz. 2. c. ii.	The North of Scotland Electricity Order Confirmation Act 1958.	Section 27.
1969 c. 48.	The Post Office Act 1969.	In Schedule 4— paragraph 11.
1976 c. 76.	The Energy Act 1976.	Section 14(6)(b).
1979 c. 11.	The Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979.	In section 7(3), the words “under this Act”.
In section 9(2), the words from “but” to the end.
In section 22(3), the words “on the premises of the consumer”.
In section 35(1), the word “private” in both places where it occurs and the word “new”.
Section 35(2).
1981 c. 67.	The Acquisition of Land Act 1981.	In paragraph 1 of Schedule 4, the entry relating to the Electricity (Supply) Act 1919.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into force on 1st June 1983 the provisions of the Energy Act 1983 relating to electricity generation and supply, being those of Parts I and III (except for sections 21 and 22 and Schedule 2, which relate to the Electricity Consumers' Council, and section 37(3), which relates to nuclear installations) and of Schedules 1 and 3 and (with certain exceptions) Part I of Schedule 4.

The Order also brings into force on 1st September 1983 the provisions of the Act relating to the Electricity Consumers' Council, namely sections 21 and 22 and Schedule 2, and to nuclear installations, namely the provisions of Part II, section 37(3), and Part II of Schedule 4.

(1)

section 53 was amended by the Electric Lighting Act 1909 (c. 34), section 11 and Schedule 2, and by the Electricity Act 1947 (c. 54), section 57(2) and Schedule 4, Part III.

(2)

Section 57 was amended by the Electricity Supply (Meters) Act 1936 (c. 20), section 5(2), and by the Electricity Act 1957 (c. 48), section 42(1) and Schedule 4, Part II.