C3C5C17C1C2 Part I ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
Pt. I modified (S.) (30.11.2005) by The Electricity from Non-Fossil Fuel Sources (Scotland) Saving Arrangements Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/549), arts. 1(1), 9
Pt. 1 excluded (30.12.2015) by The Port Talbot Steelworks Generating Station Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1984), arts. 1, 7(2) (with art. 26)
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) applied (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3264, regs. 4(2), 5(2)
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (E.W.) (27.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2727, art. 10
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (7.11.2000) by 2000 c. 27, s. 105(1)(a); S.I. 2000/2974, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-12)
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (E.W.) (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2000/2727, art. 10 (as substituted (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3268, art. 2(13))
C15 Introductory
Ss. 3A-3D applied (18.2.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), ss. 136(2), 156(2)
C4C6C7C8C9C10C11C12C14C13C16C18C21C19C20C22F13B Guidance on social and environmental matters.
1
The Secretary of State shall from time to time issue guidance about the making by the Authority of a contribution towards the attainment of any social or environmental policies set out or referred to in the guidance.
2
The Authority shall, in carrying out its functions under this Part, have regard to any guidance issued under this section.
3
Before issuing guidance under this section the Secretary of State shall consult—
a
the Authority;
F2b
Citizens Advice;
ba
F3Consumer Scotland;
c
licence holders; and
d
such other persons as the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult in relation to the guidance.
4
A draft of any guidance proposed to be issued under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament.
5
Guidance shall not be issued under this section until after the period of forty days beginning with—
a
the day on which the draft is laid before each House of Parliament; or
b
if the draft is laid before the House of Lords on one day and the House of Commons on another, the later of those two days.
6
If, before the end of that period, either House resolves that the guidance should not be issued, the Secretary of State must not issue it.
7
In reckoning any period of forty days for the purposes of subsection (5) or (6), no account shall be taken of any time during which—
a
Parliament is dissolved or prorogued; or
b
both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.
8
The Secretary of State shall arrange for any guidance issued under this section to be published in such manner as he considers appropriate.
Pt. I modified (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 184(12), 185(13), 198(2); S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1