{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-63",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-63.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/321",
  "legislation_title": "Electricity Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "regulation/63",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) References in any statutory provision to public electricity suppliers shall have effect after the coming into operation of regulation 4 as if they were references to—\n(a) electricity suppliers;\n(b) electricity distributors; or\n(c) both electricity suppliers and electricity distributors,\nwithin the meaning of the 1992 Order according to the nature of the activities carried on by the persons to whom they referred before that time.\n(2) References in any statutory provision to the supply of electricity shall have effect after the coming into operation of regulation 4 as if they were references to—\n(a) the supply of electricity;\n(b) the distribution of electricity; or\n(c) both the supply and distribution of electricity,\nwithin the meaning of the 1992 Order according to the nature of the activities to which they referred before that time.\n(3) References in any statutory provision to the holder of a licence under Article 10(2) of the 1992 Order shall have effect after the coming into operation of regulation 4 as if they were references to an electricity supplier within the meaning of the 1992 Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 63 in operation at 3.7.2007, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/321/regulation/63",
    "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."
}