Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 29
Electricity
Infrastructure Planning
The Overhead Lines (Exempt Installations) (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010
Made
5th January 2010
Laid before Parliament
11th January 2010
Coming into force
1st March 2010
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 237(1) and (3)(b) of the Planning Act 2008( 1 ), makes the following Order.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Overhead Lines (Exempt Installations) (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 and comes into force on 1st March 2010.
Consequential amendment of the Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009
2. —(1) The Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2, in paragraph (a) of the definition of “an existing line”, after “Act”, insert “or an order granting development consent under the Planning Act 2008”.
(3) For regulation 4(1)(b), substitute—
“ (b) that any conditions applicable to the existing line which are contained in—
(i) a consent granted under section 37(1) of the Act or section 10(b) of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 ( 3 ) ; or
(ii) an order granting development consent under the Planning Act 2008,
are complied with; ” .
Hunt of Kings Heath
Minister of State
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Date 5th January 2010