Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 2449

The Energy Act 1976 (Reserve Powers) Order 2000

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2000 No. 2449

CONTROL OF FUEL AND ELECTRICITY

The Energy Act 1976 (Reserve Powers) Order 2000

Approved by both Houses of Parliament

	Made	11th September 2000
	Laid before Parliament	12th September 2000
	Coming into force	11th September 2000

At the Court at Balmoral, the 11th day of September 2000
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 3(1)(b) of the Energy Act 1976[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: -

1.This Order may be cited as the Energy Act 1976 (Reserve Powers) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 11th September 2000.

2.It is hereby declared that because there is imminent in the United Kingdom a threatened emergency affecting fuel supplies which make it necessary in Her Majesty's opinion that the government should temporarily have at its disposal exceptional powers for controlling the sources and availability of energy, the powers of sections 1 (general control by order) and 2 (reserve power to control by government directions) of the Energy Act 1976 shall be exercisable to their fullest extent.

G. C. Donald
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order declares that the powers of control by order and government directions contained respectively in sections 1 and 2 of the Energy Act 1976 are exercisable to their fullest extent because there is imminent in the United Kingdom a threatened emergency affecting fuel supplies.

Notes:

[1] 1976 c. 76.back

ISBN 0 11 018810 1

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