Regulation 13 Electricity distribution hereditaments

England and Wales

(1)

Where a company which is a designated person by virtue of regulation 3(1) and Part 8 of the Schedule occupies or, if it is unoccupied, owns what would, apart from these Regulations, be more than one hereditament, and each of those hereditaments satisfies the conditions set out in paragraph (2), those hereditaments shall be treated as one hereditament.

(2)

The conditions are that each of the hereditaments is—

(a)

used wholly or mainly for the purposes of the designated person acting as an electricity distributor or for ancillary purposes; and

(b)

not an excepted hereditament.

(3)

In paragraph (2)—

“electricity distributor” has the meaning given by section 6 of the Electricity Act 1989 M1; and
“excepted hereditament” means—
1. (a)
  a hereditament to which regulation 14 applies;
2. (b)
  a hereditament consisting of or comprising premises used wholly or mainly as office premises, where those premises are not situated on operational land of the designated person.

(4)

The hereditament described in paragraph (1) shall be treated as occupied by the relevant designated person.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1989 c. 29. Section 6 was substituted for section 6 as originally enacted by section 30 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27). Section 31 further provides that references in any enactment after 1st October 2001 to public electricity suppliers shall have effect as references to electricity suppliers or distributors or both suppliers and distributors.