CHAPTER 7 STATUTORY AND OTHER REGULATIONS

7.1       GENERAL

The generation, transmission and use of electricity in the United Kingdom is regulated by a number of Acts of Parliament and Statutory Instruments, some of which are listed below.

There are also a number of non-statutory regulations which, though having no legal force, are relevant.

7.2       STATUTORY REGULATIONS

7.2.1    Acts Relating to the Constitution and Functions of the Electricity Council and Boards

·            Electricity (Factories Act) Special Regulations 1908 (Amended 1944	Covers generating, transforming, converting, switching, controlling, regulating, distributing and use of electrical energy in electrical stations, factories, warehouses, ships in harbour, buildings, engineering works, streets and public places (but not private premises)`
·            Electricity Act 1947 ·            Electricity Act 1957	(Set up the CEGB and Area Boards)
·            Electricity (Amendment) Act 1961 ·            Electricity and Gas Act 1963 ·            Gas and Electricity Act 1968 ·            Electricity Act 1972

7.2.2    Further Acts Relating to Electricity Boards

·             Electric Lighting Act 1882

·             Electric Lighting Act 1888

·             Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899

·             Electric Lighting Act 1909

·             Electricity (Supply) Act 1919

·             Electricity (Supply) Act 1922

·             Electricity (Supply) Act 1926                           (Set up the CEB)

·             Electricity Supply (Meters) Act 1936

·             Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954.

7.2.3    Other Relevant Acts

·             Electricity Regulations 1937

·             Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950

·             Electricity Reorganisation (Scotland) Act 1954

·             Electricity Act 1957

·             Highways Act 1 959 (Highway closures costs)

·             Sixth Schedule of the Factories Act 1961 (Continuation of the 1908 Act)

·             Nuclear Installations Act 1965

·             General Rate Act 1967

·             Electricity (Overhead Lines) Regulation 1970 (Made under the 1947 Act)

·             Highways Act l97l

·             Energy Act 1983 (Deals with private generation).

7.3       STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

·              Statutory Instrument 1968  No. 1454 Competent Persons Exemption Order 1968

·              Statutory Instrument 1968 No. 1575 Portable Apparatus Exemption Order 1968.

7.4       NON – STATUTORY

·              lEE Wiring Regulations (Revised 1981)

·              EEC Low Voltage Directive.

7.5       OFFSHORE

·              Certain of the foregoing Statutory and Non-statutory Regulations apply together with Statutory Instrument 1976 No. 1019 ‘The Offshore Installations (Operational Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations 1976’.