{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/321",
  "legislation_title": "Electricity Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In Article 3 (Interpretation of Part II) —\n(a) the definition of “authorised area” shall be deleted;\n(b) after the definition of “Directive” there shall be inserted the following definition:\n“distribute” in relation to electricity, means distribute by means of a distribution system, that is to say, a system which consists (wholly or mainly) of low voltage lines and electrical plant and is used for conveying electricity to any premises or to any other distribution system;\n(c)after the definition of “electric line” there shall be inserted the following definitions:\n“electricity distributor” means any person who is authorised by a licence under Article 10(1)(b) except where he is acting otherwise than for purposes connected with the distribution by him of electricity;\n“electricity supplier” means any person who is authorised by a licence under Article 10(1)(c) to supply electricity except where he is acting otherwise than for purposes connected with the carrying on of activities authorised by the licence;\n(d)in the definition of “electrical plant” after “transmission” there shall be inserted “, distribution”;\n(e)the definitions of “private electricity supplier”, “public electricity supplier” and “tariff customer” shall be deleted.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 1.11.2007, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/321/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:40:06.789144+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}