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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Miscellaneous - Amendments to other enactments - Amendments to Electricity Act 1992

163: New section 43A inserted

You could also call this:

“New rules added about who looks after electrical safety codes”

The law now says that different government departments can be in charge of different electrical codes of practice. This is to make sure the most suitable department looks after each code.

The ministers in charge of this law will decide together which department (called the ‘responsible Ministry’) will look after which codes or types of codes.

When the law talks about the ‘Secretary’ for a code, it means the head of the responsible Ministry for that code.

When the law mentions the ‘Minister’ for a code, it means the minister in charge of the responsible Ministry for that code.

The law has also changed a small part of section 40(7) by taking out some words about what ‘Secretary’ means.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous
Amendments to other enactments: Amendments to Electricity Act 1992

163New section 43A inserted

  1. The following section is inserted after section 43:

    43ADifferent Ministries responsible for different codes

    1. In order to allow electrical codes of practice to be administered by the most appropriate Ministry, all Ministers responsible for the administration of any provision of this Act must, by agreement from time to time, identify which particular codes, or codes relating to particular matters, are to be administered by which Ministry (referred to in this section as the responsible Ministry).

    2. In sections 36 and 37 and 39 to 42, in relation to a code, Secretary means the Secretary of the responsible Ministry.

    3. In sections 38, 40, and 42, in relation to a code, Minister means the Minister for the time being responsible for the responsible Ministry.

  2. Section 40(7) is consequentially amended by omitting means the chief executive of the Ministry, and.