Section 47: General functions., Electricity Act 1989

It shall be the duty of the Director, so far as it appears to him practicable from time to time to do so—

to keep under review the carrying on both in Great Britain and elsewhere of activities to which this subsection applies; and

to collect information with respect to those activities, and the persons by whom they are carried on, with a view to facilitating the exercise of his functions under this Part;

and this subsection applies to any activities connected with the generation, transmission and supply of electricity, including in particular activities connected with the supply to any premises of heat produced in association with electricity and steam produced from and air and water heated by such heat , to the performance of the function of code manager in relation to a designated electricity licence document , and to the provision of smart meter communication services.

The activities to which subsection (1) applies also include, in particular, activities connected with the generation of electricity by microgeneration or small-scale low-carbon generation or with the transmission and supply of electricity so generated.

In subsection (1A)—

"microgeneration" has the same meaning as in the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006;
"small-scale low-carbon generation" has the same meaning as in section 41 of the Energy Act 2008.

The activities to which subsection (1) applies also include, in particular, the matters specified in the following provisions of the Electricity Directive as matters to be monitored—

Article 26(3);

Article 37(1)(g) to (k), (m) and (q) to (t); and

where a person is certified on the ground mentioned in subsection (5) of section 10E, Article 37(3)(a), (b) and (f).

The references in subsection (1C) to the following provisions of the Electricity Directive are to be treated as references to those provisions with the following modifications—

Article 37(1)(q) is to be read as if for "Regulation (EC) No 714/2009" there were substituted ;" the Electricity Regulation "

Article 37(1)(s) is to be read as if—

the words "Community and third country" were omitted, and

after "operators" there were inserted ;" in the United Kingdom and transmission system operators in countries outside the United Kingdom "

Article 37(1)(t) is to be read as if the reference to Article 42 were to Article 42 with the omission of the words from "must cause" to "market and";

Article 37(3)(f) is to be read as if for "Regulation (EC) No 714/2009" there were substituted ." the Electricity Regulation "

The Secretary of State may give general directions indicating—

considerations to which the Director should have particular regard in determining the order of priority in which matters are to be brought under review in performing his duty under subsection (1)(a) or (b) above; and

considerations to which, in cases where it appears to the Director that any of his functions under this Part are exercisable, he should have particular regard in determining whether to exercise those functions.

It shall be the duty of the Director, where either he considers it expedient or he is requested by the Secretary of State or the CMA to do so, to give information, advice and assistance to the Secretary of State or the CMA with respect to any matter in respect of which any function of the Director under this Part is exercisable.

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Section 47: General functions.

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