Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976) (Exemptions) (No. 2) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 30th June 1990.

(2)

In this Order —

“the 1976 Act” means the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 19763 and “agreement”, “information provision” and “restriction” have the same meanings as in that Act;

“the 1989 Act” means the Electricity Act 1989; and

“the Department” means the Department of Trade and Industry.

(3)

Any reference in the Schedule to this Order to an agreement is a reference to that agreement as subsequently varied or amended by any agreement to which paragraph 48, 53 or 54 in Part II of that Schedule applies.

Exemptions from the 1976 Act2.

Agreements relating to the generation, transmission or supply of electricity which are specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order and such agreements which meet any of the descriptions of agreements specified in Part II of that Schedule and satisfy the condition specified therein in connection with the relevant description are specified as agreements to which, by virtue of section 100(2) of the 1989 Act, the 1976 Act does not apply and is deemed never to have applied.

John Redwood
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Trade and Industry