# Electricity (1992 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992

S.R. 1992/63 · made 21 February 1992

This Order brings into operation the provisions of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1952 in relation to the appointment of the Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland and the Consumer Committee for Electricity, and to certain powers to make regulations and orders. The Order also brings into operation Article 5 of the Electricity (Northern h-eland Consequential Amendments) Order 1992 which amends section 100 of the Electricity Act 1989 (competition and restrictive trade practices).

Made under: Northern Ireland Act 1974 (repealed 2.12.1999) (Article 1, Schedule 1 paragraph 2)

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## Introductory text

ELECTRICITY
Made 21st February 1992
The Department of Economic Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(2) and (3) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:

## 1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the Electricity (1992 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992.

## 2 Commencement

(1) The provisions of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 specified in the first column of the Schedule, which relate of the matters specified in the second column of that Schedule, shall come into operation on 21st February 1992.
(2) Article 5 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 1992 shall come into operation on 21st February 1992.

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on
L.S.
R. Gamble
Assistant Secretary
21st February 1992.

## Provisions of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 coming into operation on 21st February 1992

Provisions of the Order
Subject matter of provisions
Article 1
Title and commencement.
Article 2
Interpretation.
Article 3
Interpretation of Part II.
Article 4 insofar as it confers or affects any power to make an order
Order to specify area for uniform tariffs.
Article 5 and Schedule 1
The Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland.
Article 7 and Schedule 2
The Consumer Committee for Electricity.
Article 9
Exemptions from Article 8.
Article 10 insofar as it confers or affects any power to make regulations
Regulations governing applications for licences. etc.
Article 22 insofar as it confers or affects any power to make regulations
Regulations enabling the recovery of expenditure, etc.
Article 32
Regulations relating to supply and safety.
Article 34 and Schedule 7 insofar as they confer or affect any power under paragraph 8(3) of that Schedule to make regulations
Regulations for determining the fees to be paid for examining and testing meters.
Article 39 and Schedule 8 insofar as they confer or affect any power to make regulations
Regulations as to applications for consent under Articles 39 and 40.
Article 40 insofar as it confers or affects any power to make regulations
Regulations as to exemption from overhead lines consent requirements.
Article 52 insofar as it confers or affects any power to make an order
Order as to inspection and copying of register.
Article 64
Powers to make regulations.
Article 68
Interpretation of Part III.
Article 69
Transfer of assets, etc., of Northern Ireland Electricity.
Article 70
Transfer schemes under Article 69.
Article 71
Functions of the Department in relation to transfer schemes.
Article 72 and Schedule 10
Supplementary provisions as to transfers under Article 69.
Article 89 and Schedule 11
Amendment of pension scheme, etc.
Article 92
Repayment of fees.
Article 93
Regulations and Orders.
Article 94
Directions.
Article 95(1) insofar as it relates to paragraph 17 of Schedule 12
Consequential Amendments.
Paragraph 17 of Schedule 12
Amendment of Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 in relation to the rating of electricity licence holders.
Article 95(2)
Modification of instruments.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order brings into operation the provisions of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1952 in relation to the appointment of the Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland and the Consumer Committee for Electricity, and to certain powers to make regulations and orders. The Order also brings into operation Article 5 of the Electricity (Northern h-eland Consequential Amendments) Order 1992 which amends section 100 of the Electricity Act 1989 (competition and restrictive trade practices).

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