PART IINTRODUCTORY
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Gas Order 1996 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2006.
Interpretation
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Authority” means the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation;
“the 1996 Order” means the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(2);
“the Department” means the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment; and
“the Energy Order” means the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(3).