# Utilities Act 2000, Section 50: General duties of electricity distributors.


In section 9 of the 1989 Act (general duties of licence holders), for subsection (1) there is substituted—
“(1) It shall be the duty of an electricity distributor—
(a) to develop and maintain an efficient, co-ordinated and economical system of electricity distribution;
(b) to facilitate competition in the supply and generation of electricity.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/27/section/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-act-2000/section-50
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