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[^f00001] makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 9(1)and (3)[^f00002] of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992[^f00003] 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 1November2007.
Amendment of the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999
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Class D (Relevant exempt self suppliers) of Schedule 2 to the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999[^f00004] is hereby revoked.
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
on 8th October 2007.
Jenny Pyper — A senior officer of the — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
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.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5)
[^f00002]: As amended by Schedule 4, paragraph 2 of the Electricity (Single Wholesale Market) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007
[^f00003]: S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)
[^f00004]: S.R. 1999 No. 352
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