The Utilities Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000

Article 2

SCHEDULE PROVISIONS OF THE UTILITIES ACT 2000 COMING INTO FORCE ON 7TH NOVEMBER 2000

Provisions of the Act	Purpose
Section 2(3) (abolition of Gas Consumers' Council and consumers' committees)	For all purposes
Section 3(6) and (7) (transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of the Gas Consumers' Council)	For all purposes
Section 4 (forward work programmes)	For the purpose of requiring the Council to prepare and publish its forward work programme
Section 17 (preliminary matters in relation to functions of the Council)	For all purposes
Section 18(1) to (4) and (7) (acquisition and review of information by the Council)	For all purposes
Section 19(1) to (3), (4)(a), (5) and (6) (provision of advice and information by the Council to public authorities and other persons)	For all purposes
Section 20(1) to (4) (provision of information by the Council to consumers)	For all purposes
Section 20(5) and (6) (provision of information by the Council to consumers in relation to consumer complaints)	For the purpose of requiring the Council to publish statistical information in relation to complaints made by consumers
Section 21(1) to (3), (4)(a), and (5) (power for the Council to publish advice and information about consumer matters)	For all purposes
Section 22 (complaints)	For all purposes
Section 23 (investigations)	For all purposes
Section 24(1) to (3) (provision of information to the Council)	For the purpose of enabling the Council to direct the holder of a gas or electricity licence to supply information to it
Section 27(1) and (3) to (7) (regulations relating to provision of information under sections 24 to 26)	For all remaining purposes
Section 28(3)(a) (the definition of “distribute”)	For the purpose of defining a “distribution system” where that term is used in Part III of the Act
Section 105 (general restrictions on the disclosure of information) with the exception of section 105(8)(b)	For all purposes
Schedule 2, paragraphs 10 to 14 (the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council)	For all purposes
In schedule 6 (minor and consequential amendments)—
paragraph 1	For the purpose of the entries in Part I of Schedule 6 referred to in this Order
paragraph 5	For all purposes
paragraph 12(f)	For all purposes
paragraph 15	For all purposes
in paragraph 19(a), the definition of “authorised supplier”	For the purposes of Part III of the Act
paragraph 22(b)	For all purposes
paragraph 24	For the purpose of the entries in Part II of Schedule 6 referred to in this Order
paragraph 28	For the purpose of including in section 25(8) of the Electricity Act “or section 27(4)(b) of the Utilities Act 2000 (order to comply with a direction under section 24 of that Act)”
paragraph 35	For all purposes
in paragraph 38(2), the definition of “authorised supplier”	For the purposes of Part III of the Act
paragraph 40(b)	For all purposes
paragraph 45	For all remaining purposes
In Schedule 7, paragraphs 24, 25, 28 and 30 to 32 (transitional provisions and savings)	For all purposes
In Schedule 8 (repeals) the entries relating to the—
Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967(1)	For all purposes
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970(2)	For all purposes
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975(3)	For the purposes of references to the Gas Consumers' Council and the Chairman of a consumers' committee appointed under section 2 of the Electricity Act
Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975(4)	For the purposes of references to the Gas Consumers' Council and the Chairman of a consumers' committee appointed under section 2 of the Electricity Act
Gas Act 1986—
sections 2 and 3, in section 7B subsection (4)(d) and the word “and” preceding it, 31, 32A, in section 33A(6)(a) the words “or, with the agreement of either party, by the Council”, 33E(2)(a), 40 and 42 and Schedule 2	For all purposes
in section 48(1) the definition of “the Council”	For all purposes save for its use in section 41 of the Gas Act for so long as that provision remains in force
Electricity Act 1989, sections 2, in section 39(5)(b) the word “either” and the words “or, if he thinks fit, by the consumers' committee to which the supplier is allocated or any sub-committee of that committee”, 42B(2)(a), 45, 47(4), 51 to 55 and 57 and Schedule 2	For all purposes

(1)

1967 c. 13.

(2)

1970 c. 44.

(3)

1975 c. 24.

(4)

1975 c. 25.