# The Electricity (Connection Charges) Regulations 1990, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations–
“administrative expenses” means the expenses reasonably incurred by a public electricity supplier in discharging his obligations under these Regulations;
“domestic premises” means premises used wholly or mainly for domestic purposes;
“eligible person” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3;
“initial contributor” means a person–
(a) for the purpose of supplying whom any electric line or electrical plant was first provided; and
(b) who made a payment in respect of the relevant expenses;
“prescribed period” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 4;
“relevant expenses” means any expenses reasonably incurred by a public electricity supplier in first providing any electric line or electrical plant which is subsequently used for the purpose of giving a supply to any person other than the initial contributor, and the reference in the foregoing to any expenses reasonably incurred in providing any line or plant includes a reference to the capitalised value of any expenses likely to be so incurred in maintaining it (in so far as they will not be recoverable by the supplier as a part of the charges made by him for the supply to the initial contributor);
“relevant time” means the time at which is made a requirement for a supply of electricity under section 16(1) compliance with which involves the use of any electric line or electrical plant which has already been provided for the purpose of giving a supply in pursuance of section 16(1).
(2) In these Regulations–
(a) any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section bearing that number in the Electricity Act 1989;
(b) any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations; and
(c) except where otherwise provided, any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which the reference occurs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/527/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-connection-charges-regulations-1990/regulation-2
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