Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Gas and Electricity (Internal Markets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 by inserting a new Regulation 10A. The purpose of the Regulations is to impose a legal obligation on SONI Limited to be certified under Article 10B of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (“the 1992 Order”) as complying with the unbundling requirements of Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC (“Directive 2009/72/EC”). The certification of SONI Limited is required pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation No. 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation No. 1228/2003 and Article 10(6) of Directive 2009/72/EC as read with Commission Decision C(2013) 2170 of 12 April 2013.