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The Energy (2003 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

S.R. 2007/320 · Made 2 July 2007

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Made 2nd July 2007

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(2) of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003f1 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2003/419 (N.I. 6)

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, interpretation and application
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule 1PROVISIONS OF THE ENERGY (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 2003 COMING INTO OPERATION ON 3rd JULY 2007
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

This Order may be cited as the Energy (2003 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007.

2Appointed day

3rd July 2007 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 listed in column 1 of the Schedule for the purposes set out in column 3 thereof.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

on 2nd July 2007.

L.S.

Jenny Pyper

A senior officer of the

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

Schedule 1PROVISIONS OF THE ENERGY (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 2003 COMING INTO OPERATION ON 3rd JULY 2007

Provision of the Order (1)Subject Matter (2)Purpose (3)
(a)

S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)
Article 28New kind of electricity transmission licenceFor all remaining purposes
Article 29Conversion of existing electricity transmission licencesFor all purposes
The following paragraphs of Schedule 3 and Article 65 in so far as it relates to them—Amendments to—

  • paragraphs 1(1) except the words “, in the definition of “authorised area”, omit the words “(b) or” and “transmit or” and”

The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992f1For all purposes

  • paragraphs 2, 3(2), 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 18

The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992For all purposes
In Schedule 5 the following entries (and Article 65 in so far as it relates to them)—Repeals

  • the entry relating to the words “(b) or” in Article 11A(2)(a) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

For all purposes

  • the entry relating to the words “(b) or” in Article 13(4) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

For all purposes

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the coming into operation on 3rd July 2007 of the following provisions of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003—

(a)

Article 28 which replaces the current prohibition in the Electricity Order on transmitting electricity for certain specified purposes without a licence or exemption with a new prohibition on participating in such transmission without a licence.

(b)

Article 29 which provides for any existing licence to transmit electricity under Article 10(1)(b) of the Electricity Order to have effect, after the date on which Article 28 comes into operation, as a licence to participate in the transmission of electricity.

(c)

Certain consequential amendments of and repeals to the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 effected by Schedules 3 and 5, and Article 65 in so far as it relates to them.