Explanatory note

This Order designates the documents in relation to which decisions of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority may be appealed to the Competition Commission under Part 3 Chapter 4 of the Energy Act 2004.

The documents designated by article 3 are the Balancing and Settlement Code, the Connection and Use of System Code, Network Codes, the Supply Point Administration Agreement, the Master Registration Agreement and the Uniform Network Code. All of these documents, and the licences referred to in this Order, may be inspected at the offices of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, 9 Millbank, London, SW1P 3GE.

This Order also provides for the circumstances in which a decision is or may be excluded from the right of appeal. Article 4 excludes decisions which satisfy the conditions set out in articles 5 to 10. Article 12 provides that the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority may exclude a decision under any of the above mentioned codes where the delay caused by the holding of an appeal is likely to have a material adverse effect on the availability of electricity or gas for meeting the reasonable demands of consumers in Great Britain.