The Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1990

Made: 7th March 1990

Laid before Parliament: 8th March 1990

Coming into force: 31st March 1990

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32(1) and (2) of the Electricity Act 1989[^f00001], and of all other enabling powers, after consultation in accordance with the requirements of subsections (1) and (10) of that section, hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation, commencement and application

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 31st March 1990.

• (2) This Order does not apply to Scotland.

Interpretation

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In this Order “the principal Order” means the Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources) (England and Wales) Order 1990[^f00002].

Amendment of principal Order

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• (1) Article 4 of the principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

• (2) For the word “determined” where used in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3)(c) of article 4 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the word “ascertained”.

• (3) For the words “this paragraph” in paragraph (3)(c) of that article there shall be substituted the words “this sub-paragraph”.

Signed

John Wakeham — Secretary of State for Energy — 7th March 1990.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources) (England and Wales) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/263) in two respects—

• (a) by substituting the word “ascertained” for the potentially ambiguous word “determined” in three places in article 4; and

• (b) by correcting a reference in article 4(3)(b) to a paragraph, which should have been a reference to a sub-paragraph.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c. 29

[^f00002]: S.I. 1990/263