1. For regulation 2(1) (application of regulations) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(1) These Regulations apply to any supplier, supplier’s works or supply; regulation 26 also applies to any person who provides energy to or whose electric lines are used to provide energy to his own installation, and regulations 38 and 39 also apply to any consumer, but subject to the following provisions of this regulation—
(a)regulations 7(1)(a) (except insofar as it relates to paragraphs (4) to (6)), 7(2), 7(2A), 7(3) and 7(3A) shall not apply in relation to supplier’s works where those works were brought into use on or before 30th March 1990;
(b)regulations 7(8)(b), 7(9), 9, 15(2), 16, 20(2)(b)(i) and 26 shall not apply in relation to supplier’s works or supplies where those works were brought into use or supplies commenced on or before 30th September 1988; and
(c)the proviso to regulation 25(1)(c) shall not apply to any supplier’s works brought into use on or before 31st December 1936.”