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[F1Persons required to be certified as to independence]U.K.

4.U.K.The following are relevant provisions in relation to a person who holds a transmission licence or an interconnector licence and is required to be certified under section 10D—

(a)section 10A;

(b)section 10B(4) and (6);

(c)section 10J(2) and (4);

[F2(ca)any Article of F3... the Electricity Balancing Regulation F4...;]

[F5(d)in the Electricity Regulation—

(i)Article 6(13) (duties in respect of publication of information),

(ii)Article 7 (duties in relation to day-ahead and intraday markets),

(iii)Article 9 (duties in relation to forward markets),

(iv)Article [F616(1), (2), (4)], (6), (10) and (11) (duties concerning capacity allocation and congestion management),

F7(v). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vi)Article 18(1), (3), (4) and (6) (duties relating to charges for access to networks, use of network and reinforcement),

(vii)Article 19(2) and (3) (congestion income),

F8(viii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(ix). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(x). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(xi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xii)Article 50(1) to (4) (duties relating to publication of specified information),

F9(xiii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(da)Article 8 (publication on the internet) of the Electricity Transmission System Operation Regulation;

(db)in the Network Code on Electricity Emergency and Restoration—

(i)Article 36(2) (publication of rules for suspension and restoration of market activities),

(ii)Article 39(1) duty to develop and publish rules for settlement in case of suspension of market activities);]

F10(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f)Article 2 of the ITC Regulation (duty to apply access charges in accordance with guidelines);

F11(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F12(h)in the Transparency Regulation—

(i)Article 6 (information on total load),

(ii)Article 7 (information relating to the unavailability of consumption units),

(iii)Article 8 (year-ahead forecast margin),

(iv)Article 9 (transmission infrastructure),

(v)Article 10 (information relating to the unavailability of transmission infrastructure),

(vi)Article 11 (information relating to the estimation and offer of cross zonal capacities),

(vii)Article 12 (information relating to the use of cross zonal capacities),

(viii)Article 13 (information relating to congestion management measures),

(ix)Article 14 (forecast generation),

(x)Article 15 (information relating to the unavailability of generation and production units),

(xi)Article 16 (actual generation),

(xii)Article 17 (balancing).]

Textual Amendments

F3Words in Sch. 6A para. 4(ca) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/530, reg. 62(2)(a)(i) (as substituted by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1016), regs. 1(2), 3(25)(c))

F4Words in Sch. 6A para. 4(ca) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/530, reg. 62(2)(a)(ii) (as substituted by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1016), regs. 1(2), 3(25)(c))

F5Sch. 6A para. 4(d)-(db) substituted for Sch. 6A para. 4(d) (25.2.2020) by The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/96), regs. 1, 3(9)(c)(ii)

F6Words in Sch. 6A para. 4(d)(iv) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/530, reg. 62(2)(b)(i) (as substituted by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1016), regs. 1(2), 3(25)(c))

F7Sch. 6A para. 4(d)(v) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/530, reg. 62(2)(b)(ii) (as substituted by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1016), regs. 1(2), 3(25)(c))

F8Sch. 6A para. 4(d)(viii)-(xi) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/530, reg. 62(2)(b)(iii) (as substituted by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1016), regs. 1(2), 3(25)(c))

F9Sch. 6A para. 4(d)(xiii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/530, reg. 62(2)(b)(iv) (as substituted by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1016), regs. 1(2), 3(25)(c))

F11Sch. 6A para. 4(g) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/530, reg. 62(2)(c) (as substituted by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1016), regs. 1(2), 3(25)(c))

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