Regulation 68 Utilities Act 2000

(1)

Section 105 (general restrictions on disclosure of information) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (4)—

(a)

in paragraph (ga) —

(i)

after “requirement” insert “or an EU REMIT requirement”;

(ii)

after “of REMIT” insert “or any proceedings brought under or by virtue of EU REMIT in a member State”;

(b)

in paragraph (h), for “an” substitute “a retained”.

(3)

In subsection (6A), for “another national regulatory authority” substitute “a national regulatory authority of a member State”.

(4)

In subsection (10)—

(a)

at the appropriate place insert—

““EU REMIT” means Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (OJ L 326, 8.12.2011, p.1–16), as it has effect in EU law as amended from time to time;”;

(b)

at the appropriate place insert—

““EU REMIT requirement” means a requirement imposed by any of Articles 3(1) and (5), 4(1), (2) and (3), 5, 8(1) and (5), 9(1), (4) and (5) and 15 of EU REMIT;”;

(c)

in the definition of “national regulatory authority”, after “in” insert “EU”.