Electricity (Priority Dispatch) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Made11th January 2013

Coming into operation1st February 2013

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, being a Department designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to energy and energy sources, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity (Priority Dispatch) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2013.

2

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Existing Transmission Licences2

1

The Electricity (Priority Dispatch) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20124 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

2

In regulation 4 for “paragraph (1)” substitute “Regulation 3”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 11th January 2013.

A F HepperA senior officer of theDepartment of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 4 of the Electricity (Priority Dispatch) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (“the original Regulations”) allows for the modification of existing electricity transmission licences requiring the inclusion of appropriate conditions in new electricity transmission licences, to ensure that dispatch of electricity by the licence holders complies with these rules of priority. These Regulations correct an error in Regulation 4 of the original Regulations to more clearly identify the conditions to which the provisions of that Regulation relates.

These Regulations are being issued free of charge to all known recipients of the original Regulations.

An explanatory memorandum and transposition notes have already been completed for the original Regulations and as there is no change to scope of the instrument, no further explanatory memorandum or transposition notes have been produced.