Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976) (Exemptions)(No. 3) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 15th August 1990.

In this Order —

• “the 1976 Act” means the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976^f1 and

• “agreement”,

• “information provision” and

• “restriction” have the same meanings as in that Act;

• “the 1989 Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;

• “the Department” means the Department of Trade and Industry; and

• “public electricity supplier” has the same meaning as in Part I of the 1989 Act.

Any reference in the Schedule to this Order to an agreement includes a reference to that agreement as subsequently varied or amended by any agreement to which any of paragraphs 79 to 82 in Part II of that Schedule applies.