PART 2Amendment of primary legislation

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1

Section 8J (designation for the purposes of EU gas legislation) is amended as set out in paragraphs (2) to (5).

2

In the heading, for “EU gas legislation” substitute “ the Gas Regulation ”.

3

In subsection (2)—

a

omit “fourth,”;

b

for the words from “Article” to “operators)” substitute “ the Gas Regulation ”.

4

In subsection (3), for “that Article” substitute “ the Gas Regulation ”.

5

In subsection (4)—

a

after paragraph (a) insert “ and ”;

b

omit paragraph (c) and the “and” preceding it.

6

A person who is designated as a gas transmission system operator under section 8J of the Gas Act 1986 for the purposes of Article 10(2) of the Gas Directive immediately before F1IP completion day is to be treated, on and after F1IP completion day, as a person who is designated as a gas transmission system operator under section 8J for the purposes of the Gas Regulation, if and for so long as the person designated or (as the case may be) the person who nominated the person designated continues on and afterF1IP completion day to hold a licence under section 7 or 7A of the Gas Act 1986 and to be certified under section 8F of that Act.

7

In paragraph (6)—

  • “the Gas Directive” means Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/ECM1F2, as amended by Directive (EU) 2019/692 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019;

  • “the Gas Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005.