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—E+W+S

(i)section 16 of the M1Public Health Act 1925;

(ii)the M2Public Health Act 1936;

F1(iii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iv)Schedule 3 to the M3Water Act 1945;

(v)section 4 of the M4Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

[F2F3(vi)the M5Water Act 1948;]

(vii)the National Parks and Access to the M6Countryside Act 1949;

(viii)the M7Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(ix)the M8Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(x)the M9Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(xi)the M10Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

(xii)section 17(10) of the M11Public Health Act 1961;

(xiii)the M12Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xiv)Schedule 3 to the M13Harbours Act 1964;

(xv)Schedule 6 to the M14Gas Act 1965;

(xvi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(xvii)section 40 of the M15Forestry Act 1967;

(xviii)section 50 of the M16Agriculture Act 1967;

(xix)section 38 of the M17Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xx)paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the M18Countryside Act 1968;

(xxi)section 22 of the M19Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

F6(xxiii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxiv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(xxv)sections 51 . . . F5of the M20Land Compensation Act 1973;

(xxvi)sections 47 F7. . . of the M21Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973;

(xxvii)Part III of the M22Control of Pollution Act 1974;

(xxviii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

(xxix)the M23Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(xxx)sections 15(3) and 26 of the M24Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

F9(xxxi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxii)section 9(3) of the M25Inner Urban Areas Act 1978;

(xxxiii)the M26Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;

(xxxiv)[F10Part] XVI of the M27Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(xxxv)section 53 of the M28Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(xxxvi)section 30 of the M29Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(xxxvii)section 120 of the M30Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982;

(xxxviii)section 2(2)(c) of the M31Cycle Tracks Act 1984;

(xxxix)the M32Building Act 1984;

(xl)section 283(2) of the M33Housing Act 1985;

(xli)paragraph 11 of Schedule 8 to the M34Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

[F2(xlii)section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]

(2)References in the M35Landlord 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 M36Civil 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 M37Highways Act 1980 to electricity undertakers shall be construed as references to the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(a) of this Act.

[F3(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 M38Water Act 1981.]

(6)Paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 to the M39Telecommunications 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 M40Building 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 M41Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(iii) repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 11 Pt. II (with s. 40(7)); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2

F3Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(vi) and (5) repealed (E.W.) (01.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I.

F5Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxii)(xxiv) and words in para. 1(1)(xxv) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F6Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxiii) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11 ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F7Words in Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxvi) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F8Sch. 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

F9Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxxi) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F10Words in Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxxiv) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 135(2)(b) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

Marginal Citations

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 M42Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 and section 11 of the M43Countryside Act 1968.E+W+S

(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 M44Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(b)the M45New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

F12(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)section 120 of the M46Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(f)the M47New Towns Act 1981;

(g)the M48Acquisition of Land Act 1981; and

(h)sections 47, 48, 49 and 51 of, and Schedule 9 to, the M49Civil 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 M50Public Health Act 1925;

(b)section 17(1)(b) of the M51Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945;

(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

(d)the M52Highways Act 1980; and

(e)sections 296 and 611 of the M53Housing Act 1985.

(5)References in the following enactments, namely—

(a)section 6 of the M54Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953;

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

(c)sections 176 and 185 of the M55Highways Act 1980; and

(d)paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the M56Road 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 F13. . ..

(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—

F12(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)the M57Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

(8)References in the M58Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958 F14. . . 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

F12Sch. 16 para. 2 (2)(d)(7)(a) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F14Words in Sch. 16 para. 2(8) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

Marginal Citations

3(1)In the following enactments, namely—E+W+S

[F15(a)the M59Water Act 1948;]

(b)section 39 of the M60Opencast Coal Act 1958 except in its application to Scotland;

(c)paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the M61Gas Act 1965;

(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

(e)the M62Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

F17(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)the M63New Towns Act 1981,

“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a a licence holder, shall mean the [F18Secretary of State for Trade and Industry].

(2)In the following enactments, namely—

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

(b)the M64Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(c)Schedule 3 to the M65Harbours Act 1964;

(d)the M66New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

F19(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

(g)section 121 of the M67Highways Act 1980;

(h)the M68Acquisition of Land Act 1981,

[F21(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

F17Sch. 16 para. 3(1)(f) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F18Words in Sch. 16 para. 3(1) substituted (5.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1314, art. 3(3), Sch. para. 1(e).

F19Sch. 16 para. 3(2)(e) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

Marginal Citations