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Utilities Act 2000

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All reference to 'Parts' and 'sections' are from the Utilities Act 2000. For other versions of these Explanatory Notes, see More Resources.

  1. Introduction

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    Summary and Background

    1. Consumer provisions

    2. Gas and electricity regulation

    3. Wider social and environmental objectives

    4. Regulatory institutions and procedures

  3. Overview of the Act

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    Commentary on Sections

    1. Part I: New Regulatory Arrangements

      1. Sections 1 - 8 and Schedules 1 - 3: New Regulatory Arrangements

    2. Part II: Objectives of Regulation of Gas and Electricity

      1. Sections 9 - 12 and 13 - 16: General duties under the Gas Act 1986 and the Electricity Act 1989

    3. Part Iii: Functions of the Council

      1. Sections 17 - 27 and Schedule 2 (paragraphs 10 - 14): Functions of the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council

    4. Part Iv: Amendment of the Electricity Act 1989

      1. Sections 28 – 43: Electricity licensing; and sections 74 – 75, 81 – 83 and 85 – 88: Gas licensing

      2. Sections 44 - 50: Duties of electricity distributors

      3. Sections 51 – 53, 84 and Schedules 4 and 5: Electricity licence holders (and ‘The gas code’)

      4. Sections 54 – 58 and 89 – 94: Electricity and gas performance standards

      5. Sections 59 - 60, and 95 - 96: Enforcement of obligations of electricity and gas licence holders

      6. Section 61 and 97: Remuneration and service standards

      7. Sections 62 - 67: Electricity from renewable sources

      8. Sections 68 – 73 (electricity), Sections 98 - 99 and 102 (gas) and Section 103 (overall energy efficiency targets): Miscellaneous

    5. Part V: Amendment of the Gas Act 1986

      1. Sections 74 - 88: Gas licensing

      2. Sections 89 - 94: Gas performance standards

      3. Sections 95 - 96: Enforcement of obligations of gas licence holders

      4. Section 97: Remuneration and service standards

      5. Sections 98 - 102: Miscellaneous

    6. Part VI: Miscellaneous and Supplementary

      1. Sections 103 - 105: Miscellaneous

      2. Sections 106 – 110 and Schedules 6 - 8: Supplementary

  5. Commencement

  6. Hansard References

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