Paragraph 10 F1

Northern Ireland

(1)

For the purposes of Article 59D a business is regulated if it is carried on—

(a)

in reliance on a licence under Article 8 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (NI 2) (licences authorising the supply of gas, etc.),

(b)

in reliance on a licence granted by virtue of Article 40 of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (NI 6) (power to prescribe additional licensable activity),

(c)

in reliance on a licence under Article 10 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (NI 1) (supply of electricity),

(d)

by a universal service provider within the meaning F2of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011 (c.5),

(F3e)

by a Post Office company within the meaning of Part 1 of that Act; or

(f)

F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)

in reliance of a European licence granted pursuant to a provision contained in any instrument made for the purpose of implementing Council Directive 1995/18/EC dated 19th June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings, as amended by Directive 2001/13/EC dated 26th February 2001 and Directive 2004/49/EC dated 29th April 2004, both of the European Parliament and of the Council, or pursuant to any action taken by an EEA State for that purpose .

(2)

For the purposes of Article 59D a business is also regulated to the extent that it consists in the provision of a public electronic communications network or a public electronic communications service.

(F53)

In sub-paragraph (1)(g), an “EEA State” means a member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 1A inserted (27.3.2006) by Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 5(2), Sch. 3 (with art. 4); S.R. 2006/21, art. 2 (with S.R. 2006/22, arts. 2 - 7)
F2: Words in Sch. 1A para. 10(1)(d) substituted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2085), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 23(3)(a)
F3: Sch. 1A para. 10(1)(e) substituted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2085), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 23(3)(b)
F4: Sch. 1A para. 10(1)(f) repealed (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2085), art. 5, Sch. 1 para. 23(3)(c), Sch. 2
F5: Sch. 1A para. 10(3) added (3.1.2006) by virtue of Railways Infrastructure (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/537), regs. 1(1), 45, Sch. 5 para. 3(c)