Article 5 Transitional provisions

(1)

This article applies where—

(a)

before the appointed day a public electricity supplier and a person who has requested the said supplier to provide a connection to any premises have agreed to enter into an agreement as mentioned in section 22(1)^f1 of the Electricity Act; and

(b)

the parties have not by the appointed day entered into an agreement.

(2)

On and after the appointed day the distribution successor and the person requesting the connection shall be deemed to have agreed to enter into a special connection agreement as mentioned in section 22(1) of the Electricity Act (as substituted by section 49).

(3)

Any connection made by a distribution successor as a result of the application of paragraph (2) shall be a connection made in pursuance of section 22 of the Electricity Act (as substituted by section 49).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: With effect from the appointed day section 22 of the Electricity Act is substituted by section 49.