The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

70.  In section 106 (interpretation)—

(a) omit the definition of “the Agency”;

(b) omit the definition of “the Agency Regulation”;

(c) omit the definition of “designated regulatory authority”;

(d) omit the definition of “designated regulatory authority for Great Britain”;

(e) at the appropriate place insert—

[F1 ““designated regulatory function” means—

(a)

a function of the Authority conferred by—

(i)

a provision of retained EU law,

(ii)

a condition in a licence under section 7, 7ZA or 7A of the 1986 Act, as that condition is modified from time to time on or after IP completion day, or

(iii)

a condition in a licence under section 6 of the 1989 Act, as that condition is modified from time to time on or after IP completion day,

where that function was, immediately before IP completion day, one of its functions as a regulatory authority designated in accordance with Article 35 of the Electricity Directive or Article 39 of the Gas Directive;

(b)

a function of the Northern Ireland Authority conferred by—

(i)

a provision of retained EU law, or

(ii)

a condition in a licence under Article 8 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)), as that condition is modified from time to time on or after IP completion day,

where that function was, immediately before IP completion day, one of its functions as a regulatory authority designated in accordance with Article 39 of the Gas Directive;

(c)

a function of the Northern Ireland Authority as a regulatory authority designated in accordance with Article 35 of the Electricity Directive;”].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 70(e) substituted (15.9.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1016), regs. 1(2), 3(27)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 70 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)