The Secretary of State and the Authority shall consult —
The Secretary of State may require the Authority also to consult him about electricity safety issues of particular descriptions.
The Secretary of State and the Authority shall, in carrying out their respective functions under this Part, take into account any advice given by the Health and Safety Executive or the Office for Nuclear Regulation about any electricity safety issue (whether or not in response to consultation under subsection (1)).
The Authority shall, in carrying out its functions under this Part, take into account any advice given by the Secretary of State about any electricity safety issue (whether or not in response to consultation under subsection (2)).
For the purposes of this section an electricity safety issue is anything concerning the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity which may affect the health and safety of—