Introductory text

Electricity

Made 18th December 2019

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 19th December 2019

Coming into force 22nd February 2020

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1, section 36C(2) of the Electricity Act 1989^f2 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

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Footnotes

f1: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”); schedule 8, paragraph 15(3), which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), (“the 2006 Act”). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), schedule 1, Part 1. Functions relating to the assessment of the effects of certain electricity works projects on the environment are exercisable concurrently by the Scottish Ministers and a Minister of the Crown by virtue of S.I. 1999/1750, article 3 and schedule 2.
f2: 1989 c.29. Section 36C was inserted by section 20(2) of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c.27).