# The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 2


(1) Article 2 is amended as follows.
(2) Renumber the existing text of Article 2 as paragraph 1.
(3) In paragraph 1—
(a) before point (1) insert—
“(A1) ‘the Gas Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to natural gas transmission networks;
(A2) ‘the Northern Ireland department’ means the Department for the Economy;”;
(b) omit point (2);
(c) in point (5) (definition of “protected customer”)—
(i) for “Member State concerned” substitute “Secretary of State”;
(ii) for “that Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;
(d) omit point (6);
(e) in point (7) (definition of “competent authority”)—
(i) after “‘competent authority’” insert “, in relation to a member State,”;
(ii) for “Member” substitute “member”;
(iii) at the end insert “as it applies in EU law”;
(f) in point (8) (definition of “national regulatory authority”), after “‘national regulatory authority’” insert “, in relation to a member State,”;
(g) after point (8) insert—
“(8A) ‘regulatory authority’—
(a) in relation to Great Britain, means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; and
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, means the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation.”
(h) omit point (9); and
(i) omit points (11) to (26).
(4) After paragraph 1 insert—
“2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following expressions have the meanings given in the Gas Regulation—
‘ancillary services’;
‘customer’;
‘distribution’;
‘distribution system operator’;
‘firm capacity’;
‘interconnector’;
‘interruptible capacity’;
‘LNG facility’;
‘LNG facility capacity’;
‘natural gas undertaking’;
‘storage capacity’;
‘system’;
‘system user’;
‘technical capacity’;
‘transmission’;
‘transmission system operator’.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111179802/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-gas-security-of-supply-and-network-codes-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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