# The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011, Introduction: Introductory text


Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Electricity
Gas
Made [Date] 2011
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)
The Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to energy and energy sources.
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, that Act.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of that Act and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for any reference in these Regulations to an Annex to the following instruments to be construed as a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time—
(a) Regulation 2009/714/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation 2003/1228/EC,
(b) Regulation 2009/715/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation 2005/1775/EC, as amended by Commission Decision 2010/685/EU of 10 November 2010 amending Chapter 3 of Annex I to Regulation 2009/715/EC, and
(c) Commission Regulation 2010/838/EU of 23 September 2010 on laying down guidelines relating to the inter-transmission system operator compensation mechanism and a common regulatory approach to transmission charging.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111513965/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-internal-markets-regulations-2011/introduction
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