18(1)Section 21 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (power of disposal authority to produce and dispose of energy from waste) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), for the words “subsections (2) and (3)” there shall be substituted the words “subsection (2)” and after the words “use, sell or otherwise dispose of any heat” there shall be inserted the words “or electricity”.
(3)For subsections (2) and (3) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(2)Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall be construed as exempting a disposal authority from the requirements of Part I of the Electricity Act 1989.”
(4)In subsection (6), the words “(except the restrictions imposed by subsections (2) and (3))” shall cease to have effect.