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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

2007 No. 433

ELECTRICITY

The Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

  Made 8th October 2007 
  Coming into operation 1st November 2007 

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment[1] makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 9(1)and (3)[2] of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992[3] and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, after consultation with the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation.

Citation and Commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, and shall come into operation on 1 November 2007.

Amendment of the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999
     2. Class D (Relevant exempt self suppliers) of Schedule 2 to the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999[4] is hereby revoked.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on


8th October 2007.

L.S.


Jenny Pyper
A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order revokes the Class D Exemption (Relevant exempt self suppliers) contained in Schedule 2 to the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999.

The Class D exemption enables a consumer, whose electricity demand exceeds one megawatt and who meets other prescribed criteria, to enter into an agreement whereby he can take direct provision of an electricity supply to premises he occupies, without having to hold a licence under Article 10(1)(c) or (2) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.

Notes:

 [1] Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)back

[2] As amended by Schedule 4, paragraph 2 of the Electricity (Single Wholesale Market) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007back

[3] S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)back

[4] S.R. 1999 No. 352back


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 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 15 October 2007

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