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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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(1)

In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Energy Act 2023;

  • “Authority” means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;

  • “basis of selection” means whether a code managerf1 is to be selected on a competitive or non-competitive basis;

  • “candidate” means a person (other than a specially formed company) that the Authority considers to be a candidate for selection as code manager in relation to a code;

  • “code” means a designated documentf2;

  • “selection criteria” means the criteria determined by the Authority under regulation 5(3);

  • “specially formed company” means a company formed by the Authority as provided in regulation 6;

  • “standard condition” means a condition of a licence determined by the Secretary of State as a standard condition by virtue of section 33(1) of the Utilities Act 2000f3.

(2)

For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a)

references to “code manager” include “person who is to be a code manager”;

(b)

references to the conditions of a code manager licencef4 include, in relation to a given candidate, any conditions that are not standard conditions, and any modification of standard conditions, that the Authority proposes to include in that licence if granted to that candidate;

(c)

the selection of a code manager in relation to a code is made when the code manager licence is granted to itf5;

(d)

unless the context otherwise requires, references to a code manager or the selection of a code manager are to be taken as applying in relation to a particular code.

(3)

Where these Regulations require the Authority to publish any notice or statement, the Authority must publish it in such manner as the Authority considers appropriate for bringing it to the attention of those likely to be affected by the matters the subject of such notice or statement.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Defined in section 183(1) of the Energy Act 2023.

f2

Defined in section 182(1) of the Energy Act 2023.

f3

2000 c. 27. Section 33(1) was amended by section 248(7)(b) of the Energy Act 2023 (c. 52) and regulations 5(4)(a)(i) and 5(4)(a)(ii) of the Energy Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/706). There are other amendments to section 33(1) but none are relevant to these Regulations.

f4

Defined in section 183(2) of the Energy Act 2023.

f5

1986 c. 44, section 7AC; 1989 c. 29, section 6(1)(g).