Legislation – The Electricity (Individual Exemptions from the Requirement for a Transmission Licence) (Coronavirus) Order 2020

1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

2 Exemption from section 4(1)(b) of the Act (prohibition on unlicensed transmission of electricity for supply) for Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited

3 Exemption from section 4(1)(b) of the Act (prohibition on unlicensed transmission of electricity for supply) for Rampion Offshore Wind Limited

4 Exemption from section 4(1)(b) of the Act (prohibition on unlicensed transmission of electricity for supply) for Hornsea 1 Limited

5 Exemption from section 4(1)(b) of the Act (prohibition on unlicensed transmission of electricity for supply) for East Anglia One Limited

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Explanatory note

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Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Individual Exemptions from the Requirement for a Transmission Licence) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 and comes into force on 3rd October 2020.

(2)

In this Order—

(a)

“the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;

(b)

“successful bidder” means, in relation to the transfer of a transmission system, a person to whom, as a result of a tender exercise, an offshore transmission licence within the meaning of section 6C(5) of the Act3 (competitive tenders for offshore transmission licences) has been or is to be granted in respect of that transmission system.