Regulation 2 Definitions

In these Regulations—

• “the 2013 Regulations (GB)” means the Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2013^f1;

• “the 2013 Regulations (NI)” means the Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Enforcement etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013^f2;

• “the Authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in respect of England, Wales , Scotland and the UK offshore marine area, GEMA,

  2. (b)

     in respect of Northern Ireland, the NIAUR;

• “benefit” means direct personal gain or the direct avoidance of personal loss;

• “England” includes the territorial sea adjacent to England;

• “GEMA” means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority established under section 1(1) of the Utilities Act 2000^f3;

• “NIAUR” means the means the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation established under Article 3 of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003^f4;

• “Northern Ireland” is as defined in section 98(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998^f5;

• “REMIT” means Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency^f6;

• “Scotland” is as defined in section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998^f7;

• “UK offshore marine area” is the “UK marine area”, as defined in section 42(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009^f8, excluding the area within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom;

• “United Kingdom” includes the UK offshore marine area;

• “Wales” is as defined in section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006^f9.

Other terms used in these Regulations and in REMIT have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in REMIT.