PART 2Amendment of primary legislation

11.

(1)

Section 4D (Gas and Electricity Markets Authority to consult and cooperate with other authorities) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

for “functions as designated regulatory authority for Great Britain” substitute “ designated regulatory functions ”;

(b)

in paragraph (a), for the words from “Agency” to “States” substitute “ Northern Ireland Authority ”;

(c)

in paragraph (b)—

(i)

for the words from “Agency and” to “States” substitute “ Northern Ireland Authority ”;

(ii)

for “they” substitute “ it ”;

(iii)

for the words from “their” to “to gas” substitute “ its designated regulatory functions ”.

(3)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

for the words from “designated” to “Britain” substitute “ Northern Ireland Authority ”;

(b)

omit “, within that region,”;

(c)

omit paragraph (a);

(d)

in paragraph (d)—

(i)

for “cross-border trade in gas” substitute “ trade in gas between Great Britain and Northern Ireland ”;

(ii)

for “cross-border capacity” substitute “ capacity between Great Britain and Northern Ireland ”;

(e)

omit paragraph (f) (but not the “and” following it).

(4)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

omit the definition of “network code”;

(b)

omit the definition of “region” and the “and” following it.