The Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) (Amendment) Order 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/488
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Class Exemption from the Requirement for a Licence) (Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order “the 2001 Order ” means the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order 2001 .

Section 3 Amendments to the 2001 Order

In article 2(1) of the 2001 Order for the definition of “total system” there shall be substituted—

“total system in England and Wales” means the transmission system located in England and Wales of the licensed transmitter and all distribution systems located in England and Wales;

“total system in Scotland” means all transmission and distribution systems located in Scotland;

“total system in Great Britain” means all transmission systems and distribution systems, located in Great Britain, of holders of licences under section 4(1)(b) and (bb) of the Act.

Section 4 Amendments to the 2001 Order

In Schedule 2 to the 2001 Order, for the words from “Class C: Generators not exceeding 100 megawatts” to the end, there shall be substituted the following—

Class C: Generators not exceeding 100 megawatts

Persons (other than licensed generators) who do not provide any electrical power except from generating stations which—

(a) on 30th September 2000 were connected to:—

(i) the total system in England and Wales; or

(ii) the total system in Scotland, and

(b) are not normally capable of exporting more than 100 megawatts to the total system in Great Britain, disregarding power temporarily provided in excess of 100 megawatts due to technical circumstances outside the reasonable control of the person providing that power.

Class D: Generators never subject to central despatch

Persons (other than licensed generators) who do not provide electrical power except from generating stations which were connected to the total system in England and Wales on 30th September 2000, provided that under the terms and conditions of their licences granted under section 6(1)(a) of the Act they were not on that date required to submit those stations to central despatch by the licensed transmitter (central despatch being the process by which the licensed transmitter scheduled and issued direct instructions to licensed generators for the despatch of electrical power prior to 27th March 2001).