Powers of electricity licence holders
53Powers of electricity licence holders
(1)Section 10 of the 1989 Act (powers of licence holders) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), in paragraph (a) the words “a public electricity supplier or” shall cease to have effect and, in paragraph (b) after “to” (in the second place it appears) there is inserted “an electricity distributor or”.
(3)In subsection (3), for “A licence under section 6(1)(a) above” there is substituted “A generation licence”.
(4)After subsection (3) there is inserted—
“(3A)Subsection (3) applies in relation to any purpose connected with the supply to any premises of any gas or liquid subjected to a cooling effect produced in association with electricity as it applies to a purpose mentioned in that subsection.”
(5)In subsection (4), for “A licence under paragraph (b) or (c) of section 6(1) above” there is substituted “A transmission licence”.