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The Electricity (Single Wholesale Market) (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2007 No. 303 (C. 20)

ELECTRICITY

The Electricity (Single Wholesale Market) (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made

19th June 2007

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(3) of the Electricity (Single Wholesale Market) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007(1) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

1.  This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Single Wholesale Market) (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007.

Appointed Day

2.  20th June 2007 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Electricity (Single Wholesale Market) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 listed in column 1 of the Schedule for the purposes set out in column 3 thereof.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 19th June 2007.

L.S.

Jenny Pyper

A senior officer of the

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

Article 2

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS OF THE ELECTRICITY (SINGLE WHOLESALE MARKET) (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 2007 COMING INTO OPERATION ON 20th JUNE 2007

Provision of the Order (1)Subject Matter (2)Purpose (3)
Article 3Power to modify licence conditions in connection with the SEMFor all purposes.
Article 4Licensing of SEM operatorFor all remaining purposes.
Article 9Principal objective and duties of Department, the Authority and SEM Committee in relation to SEMInsofar as it relates to functions of the Department and the Authority.
Article 10(1)Exceptions from the general dutiesFor all purposes.
Article 10(4)Exceptions from the general dutiesInsofar as it relates to functions of the Department and the Authority.
In Schedule 4— paragraphs 3 to 5,The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992(2)For all purposes.
paragraph 6(2),For all purposes.
paragraphs 7 and 8,For all purposes.
paragraph 9,The Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003(3)For all purposes.
paragraph 10,For all purposes.
paragraphs 12 and 13For all purposes.
and Article 12 insofar as it relates thereto.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the coming into operation on 20th June 2007 of the following provisions of the Electricity (Single Wholesale Market) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007—

(a)Article 3 which provides the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (“the Department”) following consultation with the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (“the Authority”), or the Authority with the consent of the Department, with the power to modify licence conditions in connection with the Single Electricity Market (“SEM”).

(b)Article 4 which introduces a prohibition on the activity of SEM operator without a licence or exemption and provides for such licences and exemptions.

(c)Article 9 insofar as it provides for conferring functions on the Department and the Authority in relation to the SEM and Article 10 insofar as it creates exemptions from duties conferred on the Department and the Authority under Article 9.

(d)Article 12 and certain provisions of Schedule 4 which provide for a number of consequential amendments to the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 and the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Electricity (Single Wholesale Market) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 came into operation one week after the Order was made (21st March 2007) or have been brought into operation by the Electricity (Single Wholesale Market) (2007 Order) (Commencement No 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (SR 2007 No. 284 (c.17)).

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.R. No.
Article 128.03.07
Article 228.03.07
Article 405.05.072007 No. 284 (C.17)
Article 1105.05.072007 No. 284 (C.17)
Schedule 4 (partially)05.05.072007 No. 284 (C.17)

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