Electricity Act 1989

Enactments relating to statutory undertakers etc. E+W+S

1 (1) The holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

(i) section 16 of the M1 Public Health Act 1925;

(ii) the M2 Public Health Act 1936;

(iii) section 33 of the M3 Coal Act 1938;

(iv) Schedule 3 to the M4 Water Act 1945;

(v) section 4 of the M5 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

(vi) the M6 Water Act 1948;

(vii) the National Parks and Access to the M7 Countryside Act 1949;

(viii) the M8 Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(ix) the M9 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(x) the M10 Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(xi) the M11 Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

(xii) section 17(10) of the M12 Public Health Act 1961;

(xiii) the M13 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xiv) Schedule 3 to the M14 Harbours Act 1964;

(xv) Schedule 6 to the M15 Gas Act 1965;

(xvi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(xvii) section 40 of the M16 Forestry Act 1967;

(xviii) section 50 of the M17 Agriculture Act 1967;

(xix) section 38 of the M18 Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xx) paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the M19 Countryside Act 1968;

(xxi) section 22 of the M20 Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(xxiii) sections 19, 108(2), 117, 121, 138, 154(3), 170 to 172, 175, 181, 202(3), 205, 211, 212, 214 to 230, 233(7), 242, 266(6)(b) and 275(2) of, and Schedule 8 and paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 17 to, the M21 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(xxiv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(xxv) sections 51 . . . F2 of the M22 Land Compensation Act 1973;

(xxvi) sections 47 and 67 of the M23 Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973;

(xxvii) Part III of the M24 Control of Pollution Act 1974;

(xxviii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(xxix) the M25 Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(xxx) sections 15(3) and 26 of the M26 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

(xxxi) the M27 Development of Rural Wales Act 1976;

(xxxii) section 9(3) of the M28 Inner Urban Areas Act 1978;

(xxxiii) the M29 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;

(xxxiv) Parts XII and XVI of the M30 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(xxxv) section 53 of the M31 Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(xxxvi) section 30 of the M32 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(xxxvii) section 120 of the M33 Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982;

(xxxviii) section 2(2)(c) of the M34 Cycle Tracks Act 1984;

(xxxix) the M35 Building Act 1984;

(xl) section 283(2) of the M36 Housing Act 1985;

(xli) paragraph 11 of Schedule 8 to the M37 Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

[F4 (xlii) section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]

(2) References in the M38 Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 to a statutory company shall be construed as including references to the holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act.

(3) In the M39 Civil Defence Act 1939, references to public utility undertakers shall be construed as including references to a person who is carrying on activities which he is authorised by a licence or exemption to carry on and references to an electricity undertaking shall be construed as references to the undertaking carried on by any such person.

(4) The references in sections 73(11)(c) and 74(11)(b) of the M40 Highways Act 1980 to electricity undertakers shall be construed as references to the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(a) of this Act.

(5) The holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act shall be deemed to be an excepted undertaker for the purposes of section 6 of the M41 Water Act 1981.

(6) Paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 to the M42 Telecommunications Act 1984 (undertakers’ works) shall apply to a licence holder for the purposes of any works carried out by him.

(7) The reference in section 82(4) of the M43 Building Act 1984 (provisions with respect to demolition orders) to a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of electricity shall be construed as a reference to a licence holder.

(8) A licence holder shall be deemed to be a public undertaker and his undertaking a public undertaking for the purposes of section 125 of, and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 8 to, the M44 Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xvi) repealed by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. III

F2 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxii)(xxiv)(xxv), para. 2(2)(c)(4)(c)(5)(b), para. 3(1)(d) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F3 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxviii), para. 3(2)(f) repealed by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. I

F4 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xlii) added by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(1), Sch 4 para. 17(a)

Marginal Citations

M1 1925 c. 71.

M2 1936 c. 49.

M3 1938 c. 52.

M4 1945 c. 42.

M5 1948 c. 17.

M6 1948 c. 22.

M7 1949 c. 97.

M8 1951 c. 65.

M9 1954 c. 56.

M10 1958 c. 69.

M11 1961 c. 41.

M12 1961 c. 64.

M13 1962 c. 58.

M14 1964 c. 40.

M15 1965 c. 36.

M16 1967 c. 10.

M17 1967 c. 22.

M18 1967 c. 86.

M19 1968 c. 41.

M20 1968 c. 47.

M21 1972 c. 52.

M22 1973 c. 26.

M23 1973 c. 56.

M24 1974 c. 40.

M25 1975 c. 70.

M26 1976 c. 57.

M27 1976 c. 75.

M28 1978 c. 50.

M29 1979 c. 46.

M30 1980 c. 65.

M31 1982 c. 16.

M32 1982 c. 30.

M33 1982 c. 45.

M34 1984 c. 38.

M35 1984 c. 55.

M36 1985 c. 68.

M37 1987 c. 27.

M38 1927 c. 36.

M39 1939 c. 31.

M40 1980 c. 66.

M41 1981 c. 12.

M42 1984 c. 12.

M43 1984 c. 55.

M44 1987 c. 26.

2 (1) A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by Schedule 3 or 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker for the purposes of section 66 of the M45 Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 and section 11 of the M46 Countryside Act 1968.

(2) A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by Schedule 3 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

(a) the M47 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(b) the M48 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(d) sections 118, 119 and 195(6)(b) of the M49 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(e) section 120 of the M50 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(f) the M51 New Towns Act 1981;

(g) the M52 Acquisition of Land Act 1981; and

(h) sections 47, 48, 49 and 51 of, and Schedule 9 to, the M53 Civil Aviation Act 1982.

(3) The reference in section 48(6) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 to an electricity undertaker shall be construed as a reference to a licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by Schedule 4 to this Act.

(4) A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

(a) section 26 of the M54 Public Health Act 1925;

(b) section 17(1)(b) of the M55 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945;

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(d) the M56 Highways Act 1980; and

(e) sections 296 and 611 of the M57 Housing Act 1985.

(5) References in the following enactments, namely—

(a) section 6 of the M58 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953;

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(c) sections 176 and 185 of the M59 Highways Act 1980; and

(d) paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the M60 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;

to electricity undertakers shall be construed as references to licence holders entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act.

(6) A licence holder entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a public utility undertaker for the purposes of the Highways Act 1980 and an undertaker for the purposes of section 160 of that Act.

(7) A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

(a) sections 198(3) and 199(2) of, and Schedule 18 to, the M61 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972; and

(b) the M62 Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

(8) References in the M63 Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958 and section 204 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 to electricity undertakers shall be construed as references to licence holders entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act.

(9) It is immaterial for the purposes of this paragraph whether any power conferred by, or by any provision of, Schedule 3 or 4 to this Act on the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(a) or (2) of this Act is qualified by restrictions, exceptions or conditions included in the licence.

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxii)(xxiv)(xxv), para. 2(2)(c)(4)(c)(5)(b), para. 3(1)(d) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M45 1967 c. 86.

M46 1968 c. 41.

M47 1947 c. 42.

M48 1968 c. 16.

M49 1972 c. 52.

M50 1980 c. 65.

M51 1981 c. 64.

M52 1981 c. 67.

M53 1982 c. 16.

M54 1925 c. 71.

M55 1945 c. 43.

M56 1980 c. 66.

M57 1985 c. 68.

M58 1953 c. 26.

M59 1980 c. 66.

M60 1984 c. 27.

M61 1972 c. 52.

M62 1984 c. 54.

M63 1958 c. 50.

3 (1) In the following enactments, namely—

(a) the M64 Water Act 1948;

(b) section 39 of the M65 Opencast Coal Act 1958 except in its application to Scotland;

(c) paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the M66 Gas Act 1965;

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(e) the M67 Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(f) the M68 the Development of Rural Wales Act 1976;

(g) the M69 New Towns Act 1981,

“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a a licence holder, shall mean the Secretary of State for Energy.

(2) In the following enactments, namely—

(a) section 39 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 in its application to Scotland;

(b) the M70 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(c) Schedule 3 to the M71 Harbours Act 1964;

(d) the M72 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(e) sections 195(6), 214 to 227, 266(6)(b) and 275(2) of, and Schedule 8 to, the M73 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(g) section 121 of the M74 Highways Act 1980;

(h) the M75 Acquisition of Land Act 1981,

[F8 (i) section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;]“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a licence holder, shall mean the Secretary of State.

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxii)(xxiv)(xxv), para. 2(2)(c)(4)(c)(5)(b), para. 3(1)(d) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F7 Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxviii), para. 3(2)(f) repealed by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. I

F8 Sch. 16 para. 3(2)(i) inserted by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(1), Sch. 4 para. 17(b)

Marginal Citations

M64 1948 c. 42.

M65 1958 c. 69.

M66 1965 c. 36.

M67 1975 c. 70.

M68 1976 c. 75.

M69 1981 c. 64.

M70 1962 c. 58.

M71 1964 c. 40.

M72 1968 c. 16.

M73 1972 c. 52.

M74 1980 c. 66.

M75 1981 c. 67.