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Energy Act 2023

Contents

Part 15: General

Section 330: Power to make consequential provision

  1. This section confers on the Secretary of State a regulation making power to make consequential amendments which arise from the Act. Regulations under this section may amend this Act or any provision of any other primary legislation or any provision made under that other legislation that was passed before this Act or in the same session of Parliament as this Act. The amendments that can be made include amendments to legislation in the devolved administrations.

Section 331: Regulations

  1. This section provides that regulations made under this Act are to be made by statutory instrument.
  2. Subsection (2) provides that, where regulations are made under this Act those regulations may make different provision for different purposes or areas and also supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision. Subsections (3) to (5) set out the Parliamentary procedure to be followed for regulations under the Act which will either follow the "negative procedure", the "affirmative procedure" or the "made affirmative" procedure. Where regulations made by the Secretary of State are subject to the negative resolution procedure, they are subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. Where such regulations are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure, a draft of the regulations must be laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. Regulations subject to the made affirmative procedure will cease to have effect 28 days after the day on which they are made unless approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, but this will not affect the validity of anything done under the regulations during that 28-day period.

Section 332: General definitions

  1. This section provides information on how terms which are used throughout the Act should be interpreted in the Act. Separate interpretation provisions are found in other Parts of the Act where those terms only appear in those Parts.

Section 333: Extent

  1. This section sets out the extent of the Act. Annex A provides further information.

Section 334: Commencement

  1. This section sets out when provisions in the Act come into force. Provisions in the Act which are not listed in subsections (2) to (4) will come into force on such a day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint. Certain provisions (subsection (2)) come into force on the day on which the Act is passed. Other provisions (subsection (3) come into force at the end of a period of 2 months beginning with the day on which the Act is passed. Section 305 (and Schedule 22) come into force on the day the relevant convention comes into force.

Section 335: Short title

  1. This section confirms the short title by which the Act may be cited.

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