The Gas and Electricity Licence Modification and Appeals Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
These Regulations are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. They make amendments to the electricity and gas regulatory regimes in Northern Ireland in order to amend the existing powers of the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (‘the Authority’) to modify the licence conditions of gas and electricity licensees. The Regulations replace the existing powers and procedures in The Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (“the 1996 Order”) and The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (“the 1992 Order”), and provide a right of appeal for specified parties to appeal to the Competition and Markets Authority (“the CMA”) following a decision by the Authority to modify the conditions of a gas or electricity licence.