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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-order-2001/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3266",
  "legislation_title": "The Utilities Act 2000 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions ) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000-commencement-no-6-and-transitional-provisions-order-2001",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "PROVISIONS OF THE UTILITIES ACT 2000 COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST OCTOBER 2001",
  "text": "Provisions of the Act\nPurpose\nSection 1(3) (abolition of the offices of Directors General of Gas and Electricity Supply)\nFor all purposes\nSection 5(10) (annual and other reports of the Directors General)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 20(5) and (6) (provision of information by the Council to consumers in relation to standards of performance)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 28(1), (2), (3)(b) (prohibition on unlicensed distribution of electricity)\nFor all purposes\nSection 28(3)(a) (the definition of “distribute”)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 29 (exemptions from electricity licensing)\nFor all purposes\nSection 30 (licences authorising supply etc. of electricity)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 31 (enactments referring to public electricity suppliers)\nFor all purposes\nSection 32(1) and (3) to (8) (electricity licence conditions)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 33(3) (standard conditions of electricity licences)\nFor all purposes\nSection 34 (modification of conditions of particular electricity licences)\nFor all purposes\nSection 35 (modification of standard conditions of electricity licences)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 36 (electricity licence modification references)\nFor all purposes\nSection 37 (reports on modification references)\nFor all purposes\nSection 38 (modification following report)\nFor all purposes\nSection 39 (Competition Commission’s power to veto modifications)\nFor all purposes\nSection 40 (modification by order under other enactments)\nFor all purposes\nSection 41 (transfer of electricity licences)\nFor all purposes\nSection 42 (reasons for decisions under the Electricity Act)\nFor all purposes\nSection 43 (altering activities requiring an electricity licence)\nFor all purposes\nSection 44 (duty to connect on request)\nFor all purposes\nSection 45 (abolition of tariffs)\nFor all purposes\nSection 46(1) and (3) to (5) (power to recover expenditure)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 46(2) (power to recover expenditure)\nFor all purposes\nSection 47 (power to require security)\nFor all purposes\nSection 48 (additional terms of connection)\nFor all purposes\nSection 49 (special agreements with respect to connection)\nFor all purposes\nSection 50 (general duties of electricity distributors)\nFor all purposes\nSection 51(1) (the Electricity Code)\nFor all purposes\nSection 51(2) (the Electricity Code: the substitution of Schedule 6 to the Electricity Act)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 52 (amendment to Schedule 7 to the Electricity Act)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 53 (powers of electricity licence holders)\nFor all purposes\nSection 54(1) (standards of performance in individual cases)\nFor all purposes\nSection 54(2) (standards of performance in individual cases: electricity distributors)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 55 (overall standards of performance: electricity distributors)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 56 (standards of performance: procedures)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 57 (information with respect to levels of performance)\nFor all purposes\nSection 58 (information to be given to customers)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 59(1) (financial penalties)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 59(2) and (3) (financial penalties)\nFor all purposes\nSection 60 (licence enforcement)\nFor all purposes\nSection 61 (links between directors' remuneration and electricity service standards)\nFor all purposes\nSection 62 (obligation in connection with electricity from renewable sources)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 63 (orders under section 32: supplementary)\nFor all purposes\nSection 64 (green certificates)\nFor all purposes\nSection 65 (alternative way of discharging renewables obligation: payments)\nFor all purposes\nSection 69 (help for disadvantaged groups of electricity customers)\nFor all purposes\nSection 70 (energy efficiency requirements for electricity distributors and suppliers)\nFor all purposes\nSection 71 (general duties of transmission licence holders in Scotland)\nFor all purposes\nSection 72 (uniform prices etc. in certain areas of Scotland)\nFor all purposes\nSection 73 (maximum prices for reselling electricity)\nFor all purposes\nSection 74(1) and (4) to (7) (gas licence conditions)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 74(2) (gas licence conditions: application for a licence)\nFor all purposes\nSection 76 (gas transporters)\nFor all purposes\nSection 77 (restriction on use of certain pipe-lines for providing a supply of gas)\nFor all purposes\nSection 78 (construction of pipe-lines by gas transporters)\nFor all purposes\nSection 79 (duty to facilitate competition)\nFor all purposes\nSection 80 (gas transporters' duty to make a connection)\nFor all purposes\nSection 81(3) (standard conditions of gas licences)\nFor all purposes\nSection 82(1)–(3) (modification of standard conditions of gas licences)\nFor all purposes\nSection 82(4) (modification of standard conditions of gas licences)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 83 (modification following Competition Commission report)\nFor all purposes\nSection 84 (the Gas Code)\nFor all purposes\nSection 85 (transfer of gas licences)\nFor all purposes\nSection 86 (exemptions from gas licensing)\nFor all purposes\nSection 87 (reasons for decisions under the Gas Act)\nFor all purposes\nSection 88 (altering activities requiring a gas licence)\nFor all purposes\nSection 89 (repeal of section 10(2) to (5) of the Gas Act 1995)\nFor all purposes\nSection 90(1) (standards of performance in individual cases)\nFor all purposes\nSection 90(2) (standards of performance in individual cases: gas transporters and disputes)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 91 (overall standards of performance: gas transporters)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 92 (procedures for prescribing or determining standards of performance)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 93 (information with respect to levels of performance)\nFor all purposes\nSection 94 (information to be given to customers about overall performance)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 95(1) (financial penalties)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSection 95(2) to (5) (financial penalties)\nFor all purposes\nSection 96 (licence enforcement)\nFor all purposes\nSection 97 (links between directors' remuneration and gas service standards)\nFor all purposes\nSection 98 (help for disadvantaged groups of gas customers)\nFor all purposes\nSection 99 (energy efficiency requirements for gas transporters and suppliers)\nFor all purposes\nSection 101 (standards of gas quality)\nFor all purposes\nSection 102 (maximum prices for reselling gas)\nFor all purposes\nSection 103 (overall energy efficiency targets)\nFor all purposes\nSection 108 (amendments, transitional provisions and repeals)\nFor all remaining purposes\nSchedule 4 (Schedule to be substituted for Schedule 6 to the 1989 Act)\nFor all remaining purposes\nIn Schedule 5 (electricity metering)—\nparagraphs 1, 3(1) and (2) and 4\nFor all remaining purposes\nparagraphs 2, 3(3) to (5) and 5 to 8\nFor all purposes\nIn Schedule 6 (minor and consequential amendments)—\nparagraphs 1, 2(1), 8(1), 13, 19(a), 24, 28, 32, 33 and 38(2)\nFor all remaining purposes\nparagraphs 2(2), 3, 4, 6, 7, 8(2) and (4), 9, 10, 12(a) to (e), 14, 16, 18, 19(b) to (d), 20, 21, 23, 26, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38(1) and (3) to (8), 39, 41, 46 and 47\nFor all purposes\nIn Schedule 7 (transitional provisions and savings)—\nparagraph 29\nFor all purposes\nIn Schedule 8 (repeals) the entries relating to the—\nHouse of Commons Disqualification Act 1975\nFor all remaining purposes\nNorthern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975\nFor all remaining purposes\nGas Act\nFor all purposes save in respect of the entries relating to sections 5, 7A(12), 8A(1) and 36 and Schedules 2A and 2B\nInsolvency Act 1986\nFor all purposes\nElectricity Act\nFor all remaining purposes\nOffshore Safety Act 1992\nFor all purposes\nCompetition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992\nFor all purposes\nEnvironment Act 1995\nFor all purposes\nGas Act 1995\nFor all purposes save in respect of the entries relating to section 3(2) and Schedules 1 and 3\nFossil Fuel Levy Act 1998\nFor all purposes\nCompetition Act 1998\nFor all purposes",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1986 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 15."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1995 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1998 c. 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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