Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 2131
Electricity
The Electricity (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Made
26th August 2010
Coming into force
1st October 2010
The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority( 1 ) (the “Authority”) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 39, 39A, 39B, 42A and 60 of the Electricity Act 1989( 2 );
In accordance with section 40B(1) of that Act, the Authority has considered the results of research to discover the views of a representative sample of persons likely to be affected by these Regulations;
In accordance with section 40B(4) of that Act, the Authority has consulted the National Consumer Council( 3 ), electricity licence holders, and persons and bodies appearing to be representative of persons likely to be affected by these Regulations;
The Secretary of State has consented to making these Regulations in accordance with sections 39(1), 39A(1) and 39B(3) and (5) of that Act.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 1st October 2010.
(2) In these Regulations, “the earlier Regulations” means the Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2010( 4 ).
Amendment of the earlier Regulations
2. —(1) The earlier Regulations are amended as follows:
(a) regulation 13 (estimate of charges for connection) is revoked;
(b) in regulation 19 (appointments), after paragraph (1) insert—
“ (1A) But this regulation does not apply to a visit arising out of the application of the Electricity (Connection Standards of Performance) Regulations 2010 ( 5 ) . ” ;
(c) in regulation 21(2)(a) (payments), for “11 to 15 inclusive,” substitute “11, 12, 14, 15”;
(d) in regulation 23(1) (timing of notification), omit “13,”;
(e) in regulation 24(1) (notice of rights), for “5 to 15 inclusive” substitute “5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15,”;
(f) in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1, omit the rows which refer to paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 13.
Transitional provision
3. —(1) Nothing in regulation 2 affects the application of any provision of the earlier Regulations to a situation where, for the purposes of regulation 13 of those Regulations, the applicable date occurred before the coming into force of these Regulations.
(2) In this regulation, the “applicable date” has the meaning given to it in the earlier Regulations.
The seal of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority here affixed is authenticated by the signature of
Alistair Buchanan
A member of the Authority
19th August 2010
I consent
Marland
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Energy and Climate Change
26th August 2010
The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority was established under section 1(1) of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27) .
1989 c.29 : section 39 was amended by paragraph 32 of Schedule 6 to the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27) sections 39A and 39B were inserted by section 54(2) of the Utilities Act 2000 and section 42A was inserted by section 58 of the Utilities Act.
The National Consumer Council was established under section 1(1) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c.17) .