Exemption from section 4(1)(b) of the Electricity Act 1989
2.—(1) The Secretary of State grants exemption from section 4(1)(b) of the Act (prohibition on unlicensed transmission of electricity for supply) to East Anglia One Limited in respect of transmission(1) taking place over the transmission system(2) connected to the East Anglia One Offshore Wind Farm.
(2) The exemption in paragraph (1) of this Article applies for the period beginning with 10th June 2022 and ending with the earlier of—
(a)the day after the day on which the transmission system connected to East Anglia One Offshore Wind Farm is transferred to a successful bidder;
(b)13th April 2023.
(3) In this Article—
(a)“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;
(b)“East Anglia One Limited” means East Anglia One Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with the company number 07366753;
(c)“East Anglia One Offshore Wind Farm” means the generating station located approximately 48.3 kilometres from the shore, in the southern North Sea, off the Suffolk coast, its coordinates at its central point being Latitude 52.2282999 and Longitude 2.4935852;
(d)“successful bidder” means, in relation to the transfer of a transmission system, a person to whom, as a result of a tender exercise, an offshore transmission licence within the meaning of section 6C(5) of the Act(3) (competitive tenders for offshore transmission licences) has been or is to be granted in respect of that transmission system.
For the meaning of “transmission”, see section 4(4) of the 1989 Act.
For the meaning of “transmission system”, see section 4(4) of the 1989 Act.
Section 6C was inserted by section 92 of the 2004 Act.