Energy Act 2013
Energy Act 2013 (2013 c. 32)
- Energy Act 2013 (2013 c. 32)
- PART 1 Decarbonisation
- 1 Decarbonisation target range
- 2 Matters to be taken into account
- 3 Further duties of the Secretary of State
- 4 Meaning and calculation of “carbon intensity of electricity generation in the United Kingdom”
- PART 2 Electricity Market Reform
- CHAPTER 1 General considerations
- 5 General considerations relating to this Part
- CHAPTER 2 Contracts for Difference
- 6 Regulations to encourage low carbon electricity generation
- 7 Designation of a CFD counterparty
- 8 Duties of a CFD counterparty
- 9 Supplier obligation
- 10 Direction to offer to contract
- 11 Standard terms
- 12 CFD notifications
- 13 Allocation of CFDs
- 14 CFD notification: offer to contract on standard terms
- 15 Modification of standard terms
- 16 Sections 12 to 15: further provision
- 17 Payments to electricity suppliers
- 18 Application of sums held by a CFD counterparty
- 19 Information and advice
- 20 Functions of the Authority
- 21 Regulations: further provision
- 22 Enforcement
- 23 Limits on costs to be incurred
- 24 Consultation
- 25 Shadow directors, etc.
- 26 Licence modifications
- CHAPTER 3 Capacity Market
- 27 Power to make electricity capacity regulations
- 28 Capacity agreements
- 29 Capacity auctions
- 30 Settlement body
- 31 Functions of the Authority or the national system operator
- 32 Other requirements
- 33 Electricity capacity regulations: information and advice
- 34 Power to make capacity market rules
- 35 Provision about electricity demand reduction
- 36 Enforcement and dispute resolution
- 37 Licence modifications for the purpose of the capacity market
- 38 Amendment of enactments
- 39 Principal objective and general duties
- 40 Regulations under Chapter 3
- 41 Capacity market rules: procedure
- 42 Capacity market rules: further provision
- 43 Pilot scheme for electricity demand reduction
- CHAPTER 4 Investment contracts
- 44 Investment contracts
- CHAPTER 5 Conflict of interest and contingency arrangements
- 45 Modifications of transmission and other licences: business separation
- 46 Power to transfer EMR functions
- 47 Orders under section 46: fees and other supplementary provision
- 48 Energy administration orders
- CHAPTER 6 Access to markets etc
- Market participation and liquidity
- 49 Power to modify licence conditions etc: market participation and liquidity
- Power purchase agreement scheme
- 50 Power to modify licence conditions etc to facilitate investment in electricity generation
- 51 Power purchase agreement scheme: regulations
- 52 Power purchase agreement scheme: disclosure of information
- 53 Principal objective and general duties: power purchase agreement scheme
- Supplementary
- 54 Licence modifications under sections 49 and 50: further provisions
- CHAPTER 7 The renewables obligation: transitional arrangements
- 55 Closure of support under the renewables obligation
- 56 Transition to certificate purchase scheme
- CHAPTER 8 Emissions performance standard
- 57 Duty not to exceed annual carbon dioxide emissions limit
- 58 Introduction of carbon capture and storage: exemption from emissions limit
- 59 Suspension etc of emissions limit in exceptional circumstances
- 60 Monitoring and enforcement
- 61 Interpretation of Chapter 8
- 62 Regulations under Chapter 8
- CHAPTER 9 Miscellaneous
- 63 Exemption from liability in damages
- 64 Licence modifications: general
- 65 Consequential amendments
- 66 Review of certain provisions of Part 2
- PART 3 Nuclear Regulation
- CHAPTER 1 The ONR's purposes
- 67 The ONR's purposes
- 68 Nuclear safety purposes
- 69 Nuclear site health and safety purposes
- 70 Nuclear security purposes
- 71 Notice by Secretary of State to ONR specifying sensitive nuclear information
- 72 Nuclear safeguards purposes
- 73 Transport purposes
- CHAPTER 2 Nuclear regulations
- 74 Nuclear regulations
- 75 Nuclear regulations: offences
- 76 Nuclear regulations: civil liability
- CHAPTER 2A Nuclear safeguards
- 76A Nuclear safeguards regulations
- 76B Payments in respect of compliance costs
- CHAPTER 3 Office for Nuclear Regulation
- 77 The Office for Nuclear Regulation
- CHAPTER 4 Functions of the ONR
- Functions of ONR: general
- 78 Principal function
- 79 Codes of practice
- 80 Procedure for issue, revision or withdrawal of codes of practice
- 81 Proposals about orders and regulations
- 82 Enforcement of relevant statutory provisions
- 83 Inspectors
- 84 Investigations
- 85 Inquiries
- 86 Inquiries: payments and charges
- Other functions
- 87 Provision of information
- 88 Research, training etc
- 89 Provision of information or advice to relevant authorities
- 90 Arrangements with government departments etc
- 91 Provision of services or facilities
- Exercise of functions: general
- 92 Directions from Secretary of State
- 93 Compliance with nuclear safeguards obligations
- 94 Consent of Secretary of State for certain communications
- 95 Power to arrange for exercise of functions by others
- 96 Co-operation between ONR and Health and Safety Executive
- Information etc
- 97 Power to obtain information
- 98 Powers of HMRC in relation to information
- 99 HMRC power to seize articles etc to facilitate ONR and inspectors
- 100 Disclosure of information
- Fees
- 101 Fees
- CHAPTER 5 Supplementary
- General duties of employers, employees and others
- 102 General duty of employees at work in relation to requirements imposed on others
- 103 Duty not to interfere with or misuse certain things provided under statutory requirements
- 104 Duty not to charge employees for certain things
- Offences
- 105 Offences relating to false information and deception
- 106 Provision relating to offences under certain relevant statutory provisions
- Civil liability
- 107 Civil liability: saving for section 12 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965
- Supplementary
- 108 Reporting requirements of Secretary of State
- 109 Notices etc
- 110 Electronic delivery of notices etc
- 111 Crown application: Part 3
- 112 Interpretation of Part 3
- 113 Subordinate legislation under Part 3
- 114 Transitional provision etc
- 115 Transfer of staff etc
- 116 Minor and consequential amendments
- 117 Application of Part 3
- 118 Review of Part 3
- PART 4 Government Pipe-line and Storage System
- 119 Meaning of “government pipe-line and storage system”
- 120 Rights in relation to the government pipe-line and storage system
- 121 Right of entry
- 122 Warrants for the purposes of section 121
- 123 Registration of rights
- 124 Compensation
- 125 Right to transfer the government pipe-line and storage system
- 126 Application of the Pipe-lines Act 1962
- 127 Rights apart from Part 4
- 128 Repeals
- 129 Power to dissolve the Oil and Pipelines Agency by order
- 130 Crown application: Part 4
- PART 5 Strategy and Policy Statement
- 131 Designation of statement
- 132 Duties in relation to statement
- 133 Exceptions from section 132 duties
- 134 Review
- 135 Procedural requirements
- 136 Principal objective and general duties in preparation of statement
- 137 Reporting requirements
- 138 Consequential provision
- PART 6 Consumer Protection and Miscellaneous
- CHAPTER 1 Consumer Protection
- Domestic tariffs
- 139 Power to modify energy supply licences: domestic supply contracts
- 140 Section 139: procedure etc
- 141 General duties of Secretary of State
- 142 Consequential provision
- Licensable activities
- 143 Powers to alter activities requiring licence: activities related to supply contracts
- Consumer redress orders
- 144 Consumer redress orders
- Fuel poverty
- 145 Fuel poverty
- CHAPTER 2 Miscellaneous
- Feed-in tariffs
- 146 Feed-in tariffs: increase in maximum capacity of plant
- Offshore transmission
- 147 Offshore transmission systems
- Fees
- 148 Fees for services provided for energy resilience purposes
- 149 Fees in respect of decommissioning and clean-up of nuclear sites
- Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
- 150 Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
- Review
- 151 Review of certain provisions of Part 6
- PART 7 Final
- 152 Interpretation of Act
- 153 Transfer schemes
- 154 Financial provisions
- 155 Extent
- 156 Commencement
- 157 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 CFD counterparties: transfer schemes
- Power to make transfer schemes
- Contents of a scheme
- Compensation
- SCHEDULE 2 Investment contracts
- PART 1 Introductory
- Meaning of “investment contract”
- Varied investment contract
- Confidential information
- Interpretation for the purposes of this Schedule
- Investment contract counterparty
- PART 2 Regulations: general
- Regulations for the purposes of investment contracts
- Supplier obligation
- Payments to electricity suppliers
- Application of sums
- Information and advice
- Investment contracts: functions of the Authority
- Enforcement
- Consultation
- PART 3 Further provision about an investment contract counterparty and a CFD counterparty
- Duties and liabilities of an investment contract counterparty and a CFD counterparty
- Shadow directors, etc.
- PART 4 Transfers
- Transfers
- PART 5 Supplementary
- Licence modifications
- Expenditure
- SCHEDULE 3 Orders under section 46: transfer schemes
- Power to make transfer schemes
- Contents of a scheme
- Compensation
- SCHEDULE 4 Application and modification of emissions limit duty
- Application of duty: changes to main boilers
- Application of duty: generating stations not exporting to a network
- Modifications where gasification or CCS plant associated with two or more generating stations
- Modifications where carbon capture and storage process used in relation to part of generating station
- Modifications of emissions limit duty for changes of circumstance during a year
- SCHEDULE 5 Emissions limit duty: monitoring and enforcement
- Matters that may be contained in enforcement regulations
- Enforcement notices
- Financial penalties
- General
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 6 Nuclear regulations
- PART 1 Introductory
- Provision that may be made by nuclear regulations
- Interpretation
- PART 2 Examples of provision that may be made by nuclear regulations
- Nuclear installations etc
- Research
- Import etc
- Transport
- Licences and approvals
- Appointment of persons to carry out specified functions
- Restrictions on employment
- Instruction, training and supervision etc
- Registration, notification and records
- Accidents and other occurrences
- SCHEDULE 7 The Office for Nuclear Regulation
- Status
- Membership
- Terms of appointment
- Remuneration, allowances and pensions etc of non-executive members
- Employees and other members of staff
- Committees
- Procedure
- Performance of functions
- Payment of allowances and expenses
- Indemnities
- Accounts
- Strategy
- Annual plan
- Reporting requirements of the ONR
- Laying and publication
- Payments and borrowing
- Supplementary powers
- Financial year
- SCHEDULE 8 Inspectors
- PART 1 Appointment and powers of inspectors
- Appointment of inspectors
- Powers of inspectors
- PART 2 Powers exercisable by inspectors authorised by instrument of appointment: improvement notices and prohibition notices
- Improvement notices
- Prohibition notices
- Improvement and prohibition notices: supplementary
- Appeal against improvement or prohibition notice
- Improvement and prohibition notices: offences
- PART 3 Other powers exercisable by inspector if authorised by instrument of appointment
- Power of entry
- Power to take persons and equipment etc onto premises
- Power to deal with cause of imminent danger
- Powers exercisable in relation to particular articles or substances or in particular circumstances
- Powers of inspection and examination and to take samples
- Powers to require information and documents
- Offences
- Supplementary powers
- Protection for documents subject to legal professional privilege etc
- PART 4 Supplementary
- Duty to provide information to employees or their representatives
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 9 Disclosure of information
- PART 1 Prohibition on disclosure of protected information
- Meaning of “protected information” and related terms
- PART 2 Offences relating to disclosure and use of protected information
- Prohibition on disclosing protected information
- Offence of disclosing protected information in contravention of paragraph 2
- Offence of using protected information in contravention of a restriction in Part 3
- Defence to offences under paragraphs 3 and 4
- Penalty for offences under paragraphs 3 and 4
- PART 3 Protected information: permitted disclosures and restrictions on use
- Disclosure with appropriate consent
- Disclosure by ONR, inspectors etc
- Disclosure to the ONR, inspectors etc
- Ministers, government departments and certain authorities
- Health and safety etc
- Local authorities and water authorities etc
- Police
- Disclosure required under legislation
- Legal proceedings, inquiries and investigations
- Disclosure for safeguards purposes
- Anonymised information
- PART 4 General
- Interaction with other legislation
- SCHEDULE 10 Provisions relating to offences
- Interpretation
- Venue
- Extension of time for bringing summary proceedings
- Continuation of offences
- Offences due to fault of other person
- Offences by bodies corporate
- Offences by partnerships
- Restriction on institution of proceedings in England and Wales
- Prosecutions by inspectors in England and Wales
- Onus of proving limits of what is practicable etc
- Evidence
- Power of court to order cause of offence to be remedied
- SCHEDULE 11 Transfers to the Office for Nuclear Regulation
- PART 1 Introductory
- PART 2 Staff transfer schemes
- Power to make staff transfer schemes
- Staff to whom a transfer may apply
- Content of a staff transfer scheme
- PART 3 Property transfer schemes
- Power to make property transfer schemes
- Qualifying property
- Content of a property transfer scheme
- Compensation
- PART 4 Procedure for making or modifying schemes under this Schedule
- SCHEDULE 12 Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 3
- PART 1 Amendments of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37)
- PART 2 Nuclear safety
- Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c. 57)
- Consequential repeals and revocations
- PART 3 Nuclear security
- Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24)
- PART 4 Nuclear safeguards
- Atomic Energy Act 1946 (c. 80)
- Nuclear Safeguards and Electricity (Finance) Act 1978 (c. 25)
- Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000 (c. 5)
- PART 5 Other enactments
- Explosives Act 1875 (c. 17)
- Factories Act 1961 (c. 34)
- Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
- Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
- Employment Protection Act 1975 (c.71)
- Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16)
- Water Act 1989 (c. 15)
- Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29)
- Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Act 1991 (c. 27)
- Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)
- Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)
- Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (c. 12)
- Railways Act 1993 (c. 43)
- Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21)
- Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40)
- Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)
- Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29)
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23)
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
- Transport Act 2000 (c. 38)
- Energy Act 2004 (c. 20)
- Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36)
- Railways Act 2005 (c. 14)
- Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp. 5)
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1541)
- Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
- National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41)
- Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49)
- Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (c. 19)
- Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (c. 13)
- Energy Act 2008 (c. 32)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11)
- Equality Act 2010 (c. 15)
- Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7)
- SCHEDULE 13 Transfer schemes under section 129
- SCHEDULE 14 Consumer redress orders
- PART 1 Gas consumers
- PART 2 Electricity consumers
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