The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Utilities Act 2000

70.  In section 106 (interpretation)—

(a) omit the definition of “the Agency”;

(b) omit the definition of “the Agency Regulation”;

(c) omit the definition of “designated regulatory authority”;

(d) omit the definition of “designated regulatory authority for Great Britain”;

(e) at the appropriate place insert—

““designated regulatory function” means a function of the Authority or the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation conferred by—

(a)

a provision of retained EU law, as amended from time to time after exit day, or

(b)

a condition in—

(i)

a licence under section 7, 7ZA or 7A of the Gas Act 1986 or Article 8 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)), or

(ii)

a licence under section 6 or Article 10 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)),

as that condition is modified from time to time on or after exit day,

where that function was, immediately before exit day, one of its functions as a regulatory authority designated in accordance with Article 35 of the Electricity Directive or Article 39 of the Gas Directive;.”.