Section 4D Authority to consult and cooperate with other authoritiesF1

United Kingdom

(1)

When carrying out its F2designated regulatory functions, the Authority must, wherever it thinks fit—

(a)

consult and cooperate with the F3Northern Ireland Authority;

(b)

provide the F4Northern Ireland Authority with information F5it may require in order to carry out F6 its designated regulatory functions; F7...

(c)

consult relevant national authorities;

F8(d)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)

In exercising functions in accordance with subsection (1), the Authority must, wherever it thinks fit, cooperate with the F9Northern Ireland Authority with a view F10... to—

F11(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

the promotion and facilitation of cooperation between transmission system operators;

(c)

the optimal management of gas networks;

(d)

the promotion of jointly managed F12trade in gas between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the allocation of F13capacity between Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

(e)

ensuring an adequate level of interconnection capacity;

F14(f)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and

(g)

the coordination of the regulation of gas markets, including rules concerning the management of congestion of gas networks.

(3)

In this section—

F15...
F16...
“relevant national authority” means any of the following—
1. (a)
  F17...
2. (b)
  the Office of Communications;
3. (c)
  F18the CMA;
4. (d)
  the Water Services Regulation F19Authority.
F20...

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 4D inserted (10.11.2011) by The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2704), regs. 1(1), 34
F2: Words in s. 4D(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in s. 4D(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Words in s. 4D(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5: Word in s. 4D(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6: Words in s. 4D(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(c)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7: Word in s. 4D(1)(b) omitted (14.7.2020) by virtue of The Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/625), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)
F8: S. 4D(1)(d) repealed (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/625), regs. 1(2), 10(2)
F9: Words in s. 4D(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10: Words in s. 4D(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11: S. 4D(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12: Words in s. 4D(2)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F13: Words in s. 4D(2)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F14: S. 4D(2)(f) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F15: Words in s. 4D(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F16: Words in s. 4D(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 11(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F17: Words in s. 4D(3) omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(a) (with art. 3)
F18: Words in s. 4D(3) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(b) (with art. 3)
F19: Word in s. 4D(3) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/625), regs. 1(2), 10(3)(b)
F20: Words in s. 4D(3) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/625), regs. 1(2), 10(3)(c)

Notes on Part I

Modifications

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Pt. I: definition of "public gas supplier" applied (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 208(3)(b), 225(2) (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)

Pt. I: definition of "public gas supplier" applied (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 178, 225(2), Sch. 22 para. 1(4)(e) (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)

Pt. I applied (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 6(7); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2

Pt. I applied (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 1; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2