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Public Sector Management (Electricity Safety) Order 1997

Public Sector Management (Electricity Safety) Order 1997

Gazette No 83 of 25.7.1997, p 5727

1   Name of Order

This Order is the Public Sector Management (Electricity Safety) Order 1997.

2   Commencement

This Order is taken to have commenced on 27 March 1997.

3   Construction of references to Department of Energy and head of that Department

(1)  A reference in any Act or statutory instrument, or any other instrument, or any contract or agreement to the Department of Energy, or to the Director-General of that Department, is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Fair Trading, or to the Director-General of the Department of Fair Trading, respectively, if the reference is used in or in relation to legislation administered by the Minister for Fair Trading.
(2)  Without limiting subclause (1):
(a)  a reference in section 21H or 21K of the Electricity Safety Act 1945, or in any instrument under those sections, to the Department of Energy is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Fair Trading, and
(b)  any reference in the Electricity Safety Act 1945, or in any instrument under that Act, to the Director-General of the Department of Energy is to be construed as a reference to the Director-General of the Department of Fair Trading in so far as that Act or instrument relates to electrical articles or electrical installations.

4   Saving of certain functions exercised by the Director-General of the Department of Energy

(1)  Any function exercised by the Director-General of the Department of Energy before the commencement of this Order, being a function that after the commencement of this Order is exercisable by the Director-General of Fair Trading, is taken to have been exercised by the Director-General of Fair Trading, and may continue to be exercised accordingly.
(2)  In particular, any delegation granted by the Director-General of the Department of Energy before the commencement of this Order, being a delegation granted under a power that after the commencement of this Order is exercisable by the Director-General of Fair Trading, is taken to have been granted by the Director-General of Fair Trading, and may be varied or revoked accordingly.
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