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Status:This version of this part contains provisions that are prospective.StatusThe term provision is used to describe a definable element in a piece of legislation that has legislative effect – such as a Part, Chapter or section. A version of a provision is prospective either:where the provision (Part, Chapter or section) has never come into force or;where the text of the provision is subject to change, but no date has yet been appointed by the appropriate person or body for those changes to come into force.Commencement Orders listed in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ box as not yet applied may bring this prospective version into force.Changes to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Energy Act 2004. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act modified by S.I. 2006/772 rule 68Blanket amendment words substituted by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3 6Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 59A inserted by 2005 c. 15 Sch. 4 para. 199s. 105A inserted by 2008 c. 32 s. 69(4)s. 110A 110B inserted by 2008 c. 32 s. 70(1)s. 112A inserted by 2008 c. 32 s. 71s. 121A inserted by S.I. 2008/1888 reg. 2s. 125-125C substituted for s. 125 by 2008 c. 27 Sch. 7 para. 2s. 131A-131C inserted by 2008 c. 27 Sch. 7 para. 6Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Energy Act 2004:Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing provisions within this Act into force:S.I. 2004/2184 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 20)S.I. 2004/2575 art. 2 Sch. 1 2 commences (2004 c. 20)S.I. 2005/442 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 20)S.I. 2005/877 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 20)S.I. 2005/2965 art. 2-4 commences (2004 c. 20)S.I. 2006/1964 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 20)S.I. 2007/1091 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 20)S.I. 2009/1269 art. 2 3 commences (2004 c. 20)S.I. 2010/1889 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 20)Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2006/378 art. 2-7 Sch. commences (2005 c. 15)S.I. 2007/709 art. 3(q) commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2008/2550 art. 2 Sch. commences (2007 c. 17)S.I. 2009/45 art. 2-4 Commencement OrderS.I. 2009/2809 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 32)S.I. 2010/298 art. 2 Sch. commences (2009 c. 23)S.I. 2010/507 art. 2-5 commences (2009 c. 26)S.I. 2012/1205 art. 2-4 commences (Commencment order for 2012 c. 9)S.S.I. 2011/58 art. 2 3 commences (2010 asp 5) Part 4 E+W+S+N.I.Miscellaneous and SupplementalProspectiveImposition of chargesE+W+S+N.I.188Power to impose charges to fund energy functionsE+W+S+N.I.(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring the payment to him of charges in respect of any of the following—
(a)services or facilities provided or made available by him in the carrying out of his relevant energy functions;
(b)the consideration or supervision by him, for purposes connected with the carrying out of any of those functions, of any matter;
(c)the issue by him, in the carrying out of those functions, of a licence;
(d)the doing of anything else which is done by him—
(i)in the carrying out of any of those functions; or
(ii)for purposes which are incidental to, or otherwise connected with, the carrying out of any of those functions.
(2)The matters in respect of which charges may be imposed under this section include—
(a)the performance of a duty imposed on the Secretary of State; and
(b)things done in relation to, or to activities carried on in, the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom or an area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29).
(3)The persons who may be made liable for charges imposed by regulations under this section are—
(a)any of the persons to whom, or on whose application, the service or facility in question is provided or made available;
(b)any of the persons on whose application the matter in question is considered, or to whom that matter relates;
(c)any of the persons whose activities are supervised;
(d)any of the persons to whom, or on whose application, the licence in question is issued;
(e)any of the persons on whose application the other thing is done.
(4)In exercising his powers under this section to fix the amount of the charge to be paid by a person of a particular description, the Secretary of State may fix any amount that appears to him to be appropriate having regard to the costs that the Secretary of State is likely to incur in the carrying out—
(a)in relation to persons of that description, or
(b)in a manner that benefits persons of that description,
of the relevant energy functions in respect of which the charge is imposed.
(5)The provision that may be made by regulations under this section includes—
(a)provision specifying the times at which charges imposed under such regulations become due;
(b)provision specifying the manner in which they are to be paid; and
(c)provision for charges that must be paid periodically in respect of any matter.
(6)Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.
(7)The references in this section to the Secretary of State’s relevant energy functions are references to the powers and duties of the Secretary of State by or under any of the following—
(a)the Pipe-lines Act 1962 (c. 58);
(b)so much of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 (c. 60) as has effect in connection with anything specified in subsection (8);
(c)the Energy Act 1976 (c. 76);
(d)so much of Part 2 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (c. 48) as has effect in connection with anything specified in subsection (8);
(e)the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44);
(f)the 1989 Act;
(g)the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45);
(h)the Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17);
(i)so much of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c. 24) as has effect in connection with anything specified in subsection (8);
(j)Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 2 of this Act;
(k)Chapters 2 to 4 of Part 3 of this Act;
(l)so much of any Community instrument as has effect in connection with anything specified in subsection (8).
(8)The matters mentioned in subsection (7) are—
(a)the carrying out of exploration for petroleum;
(b)the winning or production of petroleum;
(c)the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity;
(d)the conveyance, supply, storage or processing of gas;
(e)pipelines for the conveyance of petroleum that are situated in Great Britain;
(f)offshore installations and submarine pipelines;
(g)Renewable Energy Zones and renewable energy installations;
(h)the protection of the environment from activities carried on in connection with anything mentioned in the preceding paragraphs.
“application” includes a requirement, and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;
“gas” has the same meaning as in the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44);
“issue”, in relation to a licence, includes grant and serve, and also refuse, modify, revoke and renew, and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;
“licence” includes an authorisation, consent, approval, exemption, certificate or notice;
“offshore installation” has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17);
“petroleum” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of that Act;
“pipeline” means a pipeline within the meaning of Part 3 of that Act or a pipe-line within the meaning of the Pipe-lines Act 1962 (c. 58);
“Renewable Energy Zone” and “renewable energy installation” have the same meanings as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of this Act;
“supervision”, in relation to activities, includes the carrying out of an inspection of any premises or thing used or apparently used in connection with those activities.
(10)The power to make regulations under this section—
(a)is in addition to every other power to impose charges in connection with the carrying out by the Secretary of State of his relevant energy functions; and
(b)is to be disregarded in construing those other powers.
(11)The Secretary of State must pay sums received by him by virtue of regulations under this section into the Consolidated Fund.
ProspectiveInternational agreements relating to pipelines and offshore installationsE+W+S+N.I.189Power to modify Petroleum Act 1998E+W+S+N.I.(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council make any modifications of the Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17) that Her Majesty considers appropriate for the purpose of securing that effect is given to an international agreement to which this section applies.
(c)an area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29);
(a)any international treaty, convention or protocol to which the United Kingdom is a party; or
(b)any other agreement between the United Kingdom and another country or territory;
ProspectiveSupplementary provision relating to functions of Secretary of State and GEMAE+W+S+N.I.190Application of general duties to Part 3 functions etc.E+W+S+N.I.(1)Sections 4AA to 4B of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) (principal objectives and general duties) apply to the carrying out as respects—
(3)In section 3A(2)(b) of the 1989 Act (duty to have regard to ability of licence holders to finance obligations under Part 1 or the Utilities Act 2000), for “or the Utilities Act 2000” substitute “ , the Utilities Act 2000 or Part 2 or 3 of the Energy Act 2004 ”.
191Supplementary provision about licence condition powersE+W+S+N.I.(1)This section applies to—
SupplementalE+W+S+N.I.Prospective192Powers exercisable by statutory instrumentE+W+S+N.I.(1)Every power conferred by this Act on the Secretary of State or the Treasury to make an order or regulations is a power exercisable by statutory instrument.
Prospective193Service of notifications and other documentsE+W+S+N.I.(1)This section applies where provision made (in whatever terms) by or under this Act (other than sections 129 to 131 or Chapter 3 of Part 3) authorises or requires—
Prospective194Notifications and documents in electronic formE+W+S+N.I.(1)This section applies where—
Prospective195Timing and location of things done electronicallyE+W+S+N.I.(1)The Secretary of State may, by order, make provision specifying, for the purposes of any enactment or subordinate legislation contained in or made under this Act, the manner of determining—
Prospective196General interpretationE+W+S+N.I.(1)In this Act—
Prospective197Repeals etc.E+W+S+N.I.(1)In the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1971 (c. 11), the following provisions shall cease to have effect—
(2)In section 11(4) of that Act (subscription for shares by the Secretary of State), for “either of the companies” substitute “ the Nuclear Fuels Company ”.
(3)In section 12(1) of that Act (loans to BNFL and the Radiochemical Company), for “either of the companies” and “the company to which the loan is made” substitute, respectively, “ the Nuclear Fuels Company ” and “ that Company ”.
(a)for the words from “financial limits” to “B.N.F.L.,” substitute “ financial limit applicable to B.N.F.L. is ”;
(c)for “either company” substitute “ the company ”.
(7)In subsection (2) of that section for “either of the two companies” substitute “ B.N.F.L. ”.
198Short title, commencement and extentE+W+S+N.I.(1)This Act may be cited as the Energy Act 2004.