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The Energy Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2024

S.I. 2024/957 · Made 13 September 2024

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ENERGY

Made 13th September 2024

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 334(1) of the Energy Act 2023f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2023 c. 52.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 1st October 2024
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2024.

2Provisions coming into force on 1st October 2024

The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Energy Act 2023 is 1st October 2024—

(a)

subsection (2) of section 166 (amendment of section 4(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 to add prohibition on carrying out unlicensed activity);

(b)

subsection (2) of section 168 (amendment of section 5 of the Gas Act 1986 to add prohibition on carrying out unlicensed activity);

(c)

paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 5 of Schedule 11 (minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 5).

Signature

Michael Shanks

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 

13th September 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force on 1st October 2024 specified provisions of the Energy Act 2023 (c. 52) (“the Act”). These are the third set of commencement regulations under the Act.

Regulation 2 brings into force the remaining provisions of Part 5 of the Act which establishes the Independent System Operator and Planner.