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Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend the Fossil Fuel Levy Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/266) (“the Principal Regulations”). They come into force on being made on 1st October 2001.

The majority of the changes made are to adapt the Principal Regulations to the disappearance of public electricity suppliers which cease to exist from 1st October 2001 and to cater for the new definitions in the Electricity Act 1989 of `electricity supplier' and `electricity distributor', which come into force on the same date.

Various other minor and consequential changes are made. Regulations 5 and 5A of the Principal Regulations are also re-enacted with minor amendment due to modifications to section 33 of the Electricity Act 1989 made by the Electricity from Non-Fossil Fuel Sources Saving Arrangements (Amendment) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3268).