PART 2Amendment of primary legislation
I135
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In section 48 (interpretation of Part 1 and savings), subsection (1) is amended as follows.
2
Omit the definition of “designated regulatory authority”.
3
Omit the definition of “designated regulatory authority for Great Britain”.
4
At the appropriate place insert—
“designated regulatory function” means a function of the Authority or the Northern Ireland Authority conferred by—
a
a provision of retained EU law, F1...or
b
a condition in a licence under section 7, 7ZA or 7A or Article 8 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)), as that condition is modified from time to time on or after F2IP completion day,
where that function was, immediately before F2IP completion day, one of its functions as a regulatory authority designated in accordance with Article 39 of the Gas Directive;.
5
At the appropriate place insert—
“Northern Ireland Authority” means the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation;