Paragraph 6 Self-supply of electricity by generators, transmitters, distributors and authorised suppliers

(1)

Where a public body or undertaking—

(a)

is described in sub-paragraph (3); and

(b)

supplies electricity to itself,

subject to sub-paragraph (2), it is supplied with that electricity.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to the extent that the electricity is used directly for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity.

(3)

The public bodies or undertakings referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—

(a)

an authorised supplier of electricity;

(b)

in Great Britain, a public body or undertaking which—

(i)

holds a generation, transmission or distribution licence within the meaning of section 6 of the Electricity Act 1989^f1; or

(ii)

generates, transmits or distributes electricity and which is exempt under that Act from the requirement to hold a licence to do so;

(c)

in Northern Ireland, a public body or undertaking which—

(i)

holds a generation or a distribution and transmission licence made under Article 10 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992^f2; or

(ii)

generates, distributes or transmits electricity and which is exempt under that Order from the requirement to hold a licence to do so.

Annotations

f1: 1989 c. 29. Section 6 has been amended by: section 30 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27); sections 89(3), 136, 143, 145, 146, and 197(9) of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) and Schedules 3 and 19 to that Act; section 79 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27).
f2: S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1).