Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976) (Exemptions) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 31st March 1990.

In this Order–

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

• “the 1977 Act” means the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1977^f2;

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

• “agreement” has the same meaning as in the 1976 Act;

• “distribution code” means a code of practice for the development, maintenance and operation of a system for the distribution of electricity with whose terms a licence holder is required, by his licence, to comply in whole or in part;

• “exempted person” means a person who is, or a member of a class of persons who are, exempt, by virtue of an order made under section 5 of the 1989 Act, from the requirement to hold a licence under that Act;

• “grid code” means a code of practice for the development, maintenance and operation of a system for the transmission of electricity with whose terms a licence holder is required, by his licence, to comply in whole or in part;

• “grid systems code” means a code of practice relating to the furtherance or maintenance of or the connection of or relationship between the electricity transmission systems belonging to persons each of whom holds a licence under section 6(1)(b) of the 1989 Act;

• “information provision” has the same meaning as in the 1976 Act;

• “licence holder” has the same meaning as in Part I of the 1989 Act;

• “restriction” has the same meaning as in the 1976 Act.