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Title and introductory text
2023 No. 1228
ELECTRICITY
The Electricity (Designation of Delivery Bodies) (Transmission) Regulations 2023
Made
15th November 2023
Laid before Parliament
20th November 2023
Coming into force
11th December 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6BB(1) to (4) of the Electricity Act 1989.
Propose a change1 Citation and commencement
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity (Designation of Delivery Bodies) (Transmission) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 11th December 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
Propose a change2 Interpretation
In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;
“national system operator” means the person who co-ordinates, and directs, the flow of electricity onto and over the transmission system for Great Britain and offshore waters.
Propose a change3 Designation of a delivery body in respect of transmission
Subject to the designation in regulation 4, the national system operator is designated for the purposes of section 6BB(1) of the Act as delivery body in respect of transmission.
Propose a change4 Designation of delivery body in respect of offshore transmission licences
The Authority is designated for the purposes of section 6BB(1) of the Act as delivery body in respect of determination on a competitive basis of the person to whom an offshore transmission licence is to be granted.
Propose a change5 Condition of designation
The designation made under regulation 3 has effect subject to the condition that the national system operator, in the exercise of its functions as a delivery body, must have regard to the principal objective conferred, and the duties imposed, on the Authority by sections 3A to 3C of the Act (to the same extent that those sections apply to the Authority).
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