Provisions coming into force on 26th January 20092
The following provisions of the Act come into force on 26th January 2009—
a
in Part 2 (electricity from renewable sources)—
i
section 38(2) (section 37: supplemental provision);
ii
section 39 (existing savings relating to section 32 of the Electricity Act 1989);
iii
section 40 (the Northern Ireland renewables obligation); and
iv
sections 41 to 43 (feed-in tariffs for small-scale generation of electricity);
b
in Part 3 (decommissioning of energy installations)—
i
sections 72 to 74 (oil and gas installations); and
ii
section 75 (wells);
c
in Part 4 (provisions relating to oil and gas)—
i
section 76 (transfers without the consent of the Secretary of State); and
ii
section 77 (model clauses of petroleum licences) and Schedule 3 (petroleum licences: amendments to model clauses);
d
in Part 5 (miscellaneous)—
i
section 83 (duties of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority);
ii
section 87 (energy reports);
iii
section 94 (power to amend licence conditions: gas);
iv
section 97 (power to amend licence conditions: electricity);
v
section 98 (connection offer expenses);
vi
section 100 (renewable heat incentives); and
vii
section 101 (security of sensitive nuclear information);
e
in Part 6 (general)—
i
section 103 (offences by bodies corporate etc);
ii
for all remaining purposes, section 104 (subordinate legislation);
iii
for all remaining purposes, section 105 (parliamentary control of subordinate legislation);
iv
paragraphs 2, 4, 6, 9 to 14, 15(a) and 15(b), 16 and 21 of Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments) and section 107(1) so far as it relates to those paragraphs;
v
section 107(2) and (3)(minor and consequential amendments);
vi
section 108 and Schedule 6 (repeals) so far as they repeal—
aa
section 4AA(5)(ba) of the Gas Act 19862;
bb
section 3A(5)(ba) of the Electricity Act 19893;
cc
in section 31(1) of the Petroleum Act 19984, “(d) or”;
dd
in section 34(3) of the Petroleum Act 1998, “(d) or”;
ee
in section 33(1) of the Utilities Act 20005 “or” at the end of paragraph (b);
ff
in section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 20036, subsection (1A)(a), (b) and (c), and subsections (1B) and (1C);
gg
section 81(3) of the Energy Act 20047;
hh
in section 5 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 20068, in subsection (2) “and as if” to the end;
ii
section 18 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006; and
jj
section 22(b) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 and “and” immediately preceding it; and
vii
section 109 (transitional provision etc).