The Utilities Act 2000 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions ) Order 2001

Transitional provisions

9.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), on and after the appointed day section 42A(1) of the Electricity Act shall continue to apply in respect of any standards of overall performance determined by the Authority pursuant to section 40(1) of the Electricity Act before the appointed day as if, notwithstanding the commencement by this Order of any provision of the Act, it had not been replaced.

(2) Where any overall standards of performance referred to in paragraph (1) relate to supply activities, for “public electricity supplier” in section 42A(1) there shall be substituted “electricity supplier”, and for “his” there shall be substituted “the public electricity supplier’s former”, and after “performance” in each place where it occurs there shall be inserted “relating to supply activities”.

(3) Where any overall standards of performance referred to in paragraph (1) relate to distribution activities, for “public electricity supplier” there shall be substituted “electricity distributor”, for “his” there shall be substituted “the public electricity supplier’s former”, and after “performance” in each place where it occurs there shall be inserted “relating to distribution activities”.

(1)

Section 42A of the Electricity Act was inserted into that Act by the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992, section 21. With effect from the appointed day the said section is substituted by section 58.