Paragraph 2 I1

United Kingdom

(1)

Article 2 is amended as follows.

(2)

Renumber the existing text of Article 2 as paragraph 1.

(3)

In paragraph 1—

(a)

before point (1) insert—

“(A1)
‘the Gas Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to natural gas transmission networks M1;
(A2)
‘the Northern Ireland department’ means the Department for the Economy;”;

(b)

omit point (2);

(c)

in point (5) (definition of “protected customer”)—

(i)

for “Member State concerned” substitute “ Secretary of State ”;

(ii)

for “that Member State” substitute “ the United Kingdom ”;

(d)

omit point (6);

(e)

in point (7) (definition of “competent authority”)—

(i)

after “ ‘competent authority’” insert “ , in relation to a member State, ”;

(ii)

for “Member” substitute “ member ”;

(iii)

at the end insert “ as it applies in EU law ”;

(f)

in point (8) (definition of “national regulatory authority”), after “ ‘national regulatory authority’” insert “ , in relation to a member State, ”;

(g)

after point (8) insert—

“(8A)
‘regulatory authority’—
(a)
in relation to Great Britain, means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; and
(b)
in relation to Northern Ireland, means the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation.”

(h)

omit point (9); and

(i)

omit points (11) to (26).

(4)

After paragraph 1 insert—

“2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following expressions have the meanings given in the Gas Regulation—
‘ancillary services’;
‘customer’;
‘distribution’;
‘distribution system operator’;
‘firm capacity’;
‘interconnector’;
‘interruptible capacity’;
‘LNG facility’;
‘LNG facility capacity’;
‘natural gas undertaking’;
‘storage capacity’;
‘system’;
‘system user’;
‘technical capacity’;
‘transmission’;
‘transmission system operator’.”.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: The Gas Regulation is amended by S.I. 2018/1286 and S.I. 2019/530.

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)