# The Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order 2001, Paragraph B.1


For the purposes of Class B “stand-by electrical power” means electricity supplied periodically or intermittently to a person to make good any shortfall in the availability of electricity to that person from its own generation for the purposes of its supply of electricity to domestic consumers seeking such supply, where such shortfall arises from the generating station being wholly or partly out of commission for a temporary period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3270/schedule/3/paragraph/B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-class-exemptions-from-the-requirement-for-a-licence-order-2001/schedule-3/paragraph-B
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