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).