- a resolution for voluntary winding up
has the same meaning as in the 1986 Act.
- accounting records
includes all books, papers and other records of the Police Authority relating to— (a) the accounts which it is required to keep;
- accounting reference period
has the meaning given by section 391 of the Companies Act 2006;
- additional police services
means services relating to the protection of places, persons or materials.
- administrative receiver
means—
- Administrator
means the person for the time being appointed as the Administrator by order under this Chapter;
- aerothermal
means energy stored in the form of heat in the ambient air;
- amending order
means an order under Article 56 of the 2003 Order;
- apparatus
includes machinery, equipment, appliances, tanks, containers, pipes and conduits;
- appeal
means an appeal under section 173;
- appeal rules
means rules under paragraph 12;
- application
includes a requirement, and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;
- appropriate authority
has the same meaning as in section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989;
- appropriate Minister
means— and otherwise means the Secretary of State (subject to section 13 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, which transfers certain functions of the Secretary of State to the Marine Management Organisation).
- authorised person
has the meaning given by section 131A(3);
- authorised transmitter
means a person authorised by a licence under section 6(1)(da) (an electricity system operator licence) of that Act;
- biofuel
means liquid or gaseous fuel that is produced wholly from biomass;
- biomass
means the biodegradeable portion of a specified product, waste or residue;
- blended biofuel
means liquid or gaseous fuel consisting of a blend of biofuel and fossil fuel;
- BNFL
means the Nuclear Fuels Company (within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1971 (c. 11));
- British Energy company
has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 (c. 9).
- budget proposals
means proposals made, in relation to each Bill for a Budget Act, for the use of resources;
- called-up share capital
has the meaning given by section 547 of that Act;
- capping agreement
means an agreement under subsection (9) of section 21, entered into on 1st April 2005, the sole or main effect of which is to impose a limit on the NDA's financial responsibility under that section;
- chief constable
means the chief constable of the Constabulary;
- chief officer
means— (a) a chief officer of police of a police force for a police area in England and Wales;
- civil penalty notice
has the meaning given by section 129(2);
- company
means— (a) a company registered under the Companies Act 2006, or (b) an unregistered company;
- complete financial year
means a financial year ending with 31st March;
- consent
includes an approval or direction;
- consumers
includes both existing and future consumers;
- contaminated site
has the meaning given by section 36(2);
- contravention
includes a failure to comply, and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;
- court
includes any tribunal or regulatory authority;
- decommissioning offence
means an offence under— (a) a provision of this Chapter;
- decommissioning programme
has the meaning given by section 105(2);
- demand side response
means the cessation of, or a reduction in, the provision of electricity to a person at times of high demand, by agreement with the person;
- designated BNFL company
means a company designated for the purposes of this Schedule by an order made by the Secretary of State;
- designated defence site
means a site designated by order made by the Secretary of State as a site which appears to him to be used wholly or mainly for defence purposes.
- devolved administration
means the Scottish Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales or a department in Northern Ireland.
- direction
means a direction under section 3.
- distribution
has the same meaning as in Part 23 of the Companies Act 2006 (see section 829 of that Act);
- documents
includes accounts, drawings, written representations and records of any description;
- electricity interconnector
means so much of an electric line or other electrical plant as— a is situated at a place within the jurisdiction of Great Britain;
- electricity interconnector licence
means an interconnector licence under section 6(1)(e) of the 1989 Act.
- electricity licence
means a licence for the purposes of section 4 of the 1989 Act (prohibition on unlicensed electricity activities);
- electronic communications network
has the same meaning as in the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21);
- enactment
(except in Chapter 5 of Part 2) includes Acts of the Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland legislation;
- energy administration order
has the meaning given by section 154(1);
- energy administration rules
means rules made under section 411 of the 1986 Act by virtue of section 159(3) of this Act;
- energy administrator
has the meaning given by section 154(2) and is to be construed in accordance with subsection (2) of this section;
- energy transfer scheme
has the meaning given by paragraph 3(1);
- equipment
includes equipment that has not been assembled and its components;”
- exempt activities
has the same meaning as in section 27 of this Act;
- existing transmission licence
means a transmission licence which is in force immediately before the day on which section 136 comes into force;
- exploration
includes the doing of anything (whether by way of investigations, trials or feasibility studies or otherwise) with a view to ascertaining whether the exploitation of an area is, in a particular case, practicable or commercially viable, or both.
- facility
includes a business or other undertaking and installations, vehicles or other property comprised in or used for the purposes of a business or other undertaking;
- financial year
means a period of twelve months ending with 31st March;
- foreign area
means an area which is not within any of the following— (a) the United Kingdom;
- fossil fuel
means coal, substances produced directly or indirectly from coal, lignite, natural gas, crude liquid petroleum, or petroleum products (and “natural gas” and “petroleum products” have the same meanings as in the Energy Act 1976 (c. 76)).
- fuel poverty
has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003 (c. 30);
- gas
has the same meaning as in the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44);
- gas interconnector
means so much of any pipeline system as— a is situated at a place within the jurisdiction of Great Britain;
- gas licence
means a licence for the purposes of section 5 of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) (prohibition on unlicensed gas activities).
- gas or electricity licence
means a licence for the purposes of section 5 of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) or section 4 of the 1989 Act (prohibition on unlicensed activities).
- GEMA
means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;
- generated
means generated at any place whether situated in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
- geothermal
means energy stored in the form of heat beneath the surface of solid earth;
- Great Britain certificates
means certificates that are or may be issued by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority in accordance with provision included, by virtue of section 32B of the Electricity Act 1989, in an order under section 32 of that Act;
- greenhouse gases
means— (a) carbon dioxide;
- hazardous material
means— (a) nuclear matter;
- hydrothermal
means energy stored in the form of heat in surface water;
- implementation purposes
means the purposes of implementing the new trading and transmission arrangements in accordance with the timetable for implementation for the time being published by GEMA;
- information about a person
means revenue and customs information relating to a person within the meaning of section 19(2) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (wrongful disclosure).
- infrastructure
includes pipe-line systems, terminals and other facilities but does not include licensed pipe-line systems;
- inland waterway vessel
means an inland waterway vessel, within the meaning given by Article 3(c) of the 2016 Directive, to which that Directive applies (see Article 2 of the 2016 Directive);
- installation
includes artificial island, structure and device;
- instrument
has the same meaning as in the Stamp Act 1891;
- international agreement
means— (a) any international treaty, convention or protocol to which the United Kingdom is a party;
- intervener
means a person who has become a party to an appeal in pursuance of a direction under paragraph 2;
- licence
means a licence for the purposes of section 4 of that Act;
- licence holder
has the same meaning as in Part 1 of that Act;
- licensable site
means a site that falls within paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of the definition of a “principal nuclear site” in section 36(2);
- licensed nuclear site
means a site in respect of which a nuclear site licence is or is required to be in force;
- licensed pipe-line system
means a pipe-line system that is operated by a gas transporter for the conveyance of gas to any premises or another pipe-line system as authorised by his licence under section 7 of that Act;
- management contract
means a contract between the NDA and another person under which the other person is required to do or secure anything that the NDA is required to secure for the purpose of discharging its responsibilities;
- master
includes— (a) in relation to a hovercraft, the captain;
- microgeneration
means the use for the generation of electricity or the production of heat of any plant—
- modification
includes omission, addition or alteration, and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;
- modification agreement
means an agreement for a transfer that is to have effect in accordance with paragraph 9(3);
- net assets
has the meaning given by section 831(2) of that Act;
- new energy company
has the meaning given by paragraph 1;
- non-GB company
means a company incorporated outside Great Britain;
- non-nuclear pension scheme
means a pension scheme that is not a nuclear pension scheme;
- non-processing treatment
has the same meaning as in section 6.
- non-road mobile machinery
means non-road mobile machinery, within the meaning given by Article 3(1) of the 2016 Regulation, which has installed in it an engine within a category set out in paragraph 1 of Article 4 of that Regulation;
- Northern Ireland authority
means the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation;
- Northern Ireland certificate
means a certificate issued by the Northern Ireland authority in accordance with provision included, by virtue of Article 54 of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, in an order under Article 52 of that Order (renewables obligations for Northern Ireland suppliers).”
- Northern Ireland company
means a company registered under the Companies Act 2006 in Northern Ireland.
- Northern Ireland obligation
means a renewables obligation of a Northern Ireland supplier under Article 52 of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;
- Northern Ireland supplier
means an electricity supplier within the meaning of Part 7 of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.”
- notification
includes notice;
- nuclear company
means a body corporate with control of a designated installation, designated site or designated facility;
- nuclear installation
means— (a) an installation which is situated in or on a principal nuclear site but is not comprised in an NDA facility;
- nuclear material
means— (a) any fissile material in the form of— (i) uranium metal, alloy or chemical compound;
- nuclear matter
means material which— (a) is nuclear matter within the meaning of the 1965 Act;
- nuclear pension scheme
means— (a) a UKAEA pension scheme;
- nuclear security
has the meaning given by section 9(9);
- nuclear site
has the meaning given by section 36(1);
- nuclear site licence
has the same meaning as in the 1965 Act;
- nuclear transfer scheme
means a scheme under section 38;
- offshore distribution
means distribution within an area of offshore waters of electricity generated by a generating station in such an area;
- offshore generating activities
means— (a) the construction or operation of a generating station that is to comprise or comprises (in whole or in part) renewable energy installations;
- offshore installation
has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (c. 17);
- offshore transmission
means transmission within an area of offshore waters of electricity generated by a generating station in such an area;
- offshore transmission licence
means a transmission licence authorising anything that forms part of a transmission system to be used for purposes connected with offshore transmission;
- offshore waters
means, in relation to Great Britain— (a) so much of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom as is adjacent to Great Britain;
- ordinary administration application
means an application in accordance with paragraph 12 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act.
- owned directly or indirectly
has the same meaning as in Chapter 3 of Part 24 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 (subsidiaries), and “owns directly or indirectly” is to be construed accordingly;
- participating in the operation of a gas interconnector
has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986.
- participating in the operation of an electricity interconnector
has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the 1989 Act.
- petroleum
has the same meaning as in Part 1 of that Act;
- pipe-line system
includes the pipes and any associated apparatus comprised in that system.”
- 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);
- place
includes—
- plant
includes any equipment, apparatus or appliance.
- policing body
means— (a) in relation to a police force for a police area in England and Wales, the relevant local policing body in the meaning of section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996;
- premises
has the same meaning as in Part 1 of that Act;
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations under this paragraph.
- principal nuclear site
has the meaning given by section 36(2);
- private sector employer
means a person who is not a relevant public sector employer;
- private transfer
means— (a) a transfer of any property, right or liability to a person other than the Secretary of State, the NDA or a publicly owned company;
- property arrangements scheme
has the meaning given by paragraph 1(2);
- protected energy company
has the meaning given by section 154(5);
- public sector employee
means a person who is— (a) an employee of the UKAEA;
- public service pension scheme
means a public service pension scheme within the meaning of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48) (see section 1) or the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49) (see section 1).
- qualifying arrangement
means an arrangement made pursuant to an order under Article 35 of the Electricity Order (or such an arrangement as modified or replaced by virtue of an order under Article 57 of this Order);
- qualifying period
means the period beginning with 16th March 2004 and ending with the trigger date;
- radioactive waste
has the same meaning as in the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154).
- recovery scheme
means so much of a nuclear transfer scheme as contains provision for or in connection with a transfer authorised by section 41;
- recreational craft
has the meaning given by Article 3(2) of Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft;
- reformed benefits
means defined benefits under a structure that, as a result of amendments made in pursuance of regulations under section 311 of the Energy Act 2023, is a career average revalued earnings structure;
- related line
means an electric line which is a line for the conveyance of electricity to or from a renewable energy installation but is not an electricity interconnector (within the meaning of Part 1 of the 1989 Act);
- related site
has the same meaning as in section 18.
- relevant distributor
means an authorised distributor who distributes electricity by means of a distribution system to which at least 100,000 premises are connected.
- relevant employees
means—
- relevant financial year
means a financial year in the course of which the Secretary of State has made or revised a determination for the purposes of section 31(4)(c).
- relevant force
means— (a) a police force for a police area in England and Wales;
- relevant Government policy
means all current policies which—
- relevant licence
has the meaning given by section 154(5);
- relevant nuclear site
means a licensed nuclear site other than a designated defence site;
- relevant object
means the whole or any part of— (a) a renewable energy installation;
- relevant pension scheme
means—
- relevant person
means, in relation to electricity that is acquired, or is required to be acquired, under a qualifying arrangement, the person who acquired it, or who is required to acquire it.”
- relevant place
means a place in Great Britain, in the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain or in a Renewable Energy Zone;
- relevant provision
means any amount retained as reasonably necessary for the purposes of providing for any liability or loss which is either likely to be incurred, or certain to be incurred but uncertain as to amount or as to the date on which it will arise.
- relevant public sector employer
means any of the following— (a) the UKAEA;
- relevant Section of the CNPP
means any of the following Sections into which the CNPP is divided (under clause 7 of the deed made on 28 March 2012 as it stood on 1 May 2022)—
- relevant site licensee
has the same meaning as in subsection (4) of section 27 (see subsection (5)).
- relevant time
has the same meaning as in paragraph 9.
- relevant trading profits and losses
means profits or losses under Part 3 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 in respect of the trade or part of a trade in question for periods in which the trade was carried on wholly or partly in the United Kingdom.
- relevant waters
has the same meaning as in section 36A of the 1989 Act.
- renewable energy installation
means—
- Renewable Energy Zone
has the meaning given by section 84(4);
- renewable sources
means sources of energy other than fossil fuel or nuclear fuel.
- renewable transport fuel
means— (a) biofuel;
- renewable transport fuel obligation
has the meaning given by section 124(1);
- renewables order
means an order under Article 52 of the 2003 Order.
- review period
means—
- safety zone
means an area which is a safety zone for the purposes of this Chapter by virtue of section 95;
- Schedule B1
means Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act.
- scheme
means a scheme established by an order under this section.
- Scottish waters
means— (a) the internal waters of the United Kingdom that are in or are adjacent to Scotland;
- section 39 scheme
means a nuclear transfer scheme authorised by section 39 of this Act;
- section 40 scheme
means a nuclear transfer scheme authorised by section 40 of this Act;
- security
includes— (a) a charge over a bank account or any other asset;
- security provider
means a person who has provided security in relation to which that section applies.
- senior officer
means the chief constable or the deputy chief constable or an assistant chief constable of the Constabulary.
- sensitive nuclear information
means—
- shares
includes stock;
- site
includes— (a) land within the United Kingdom;
- specified
means specified in, or determined in accordance with, an RTF order;
- statement of truth
means a statement that the person producing the document believes the facts stated in the document to be true;
- statutory consent
has the same meaning as in section 105.
- submersible apparatus
has the meaning given by section 88(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21);
- subordinate legislation
has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30);
- supplier
means an electricity supplier or a Northern Ireland supplier.”
- supply
means, in relation to fuel, the supply of that fuel to any person with a view to its being used (whether by that person or persons to whom it is subsequently supplied) wholly or primarily for transport purposes;
- system
means a system the whole or a part of which is at a relevant place;
- system operator
means the person designated under paragraph 21;
- the 1965 Act
means the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c. 57);
- the 1981 regulations
means the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 (S.I. 1981/1794);
- the 1986 Act
means the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45);
- the 1989 Act
means the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29);
- the 1992 Act
means the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12);
- the 2001 Act
means the Capital Allowances Act 2001 (c. 2);
- the 2003 guarantees of origin functions
means the functions conferred on the Northern Ireland Authority under or for the purposes of the Electricity (Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
- the 2003 Order
means the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;
- the 2003 renewables obligations functions
means the functions conferred on the Northern Ireland Authority under or for the purposes of the Northern Ireland provisions.
- the 2016 Directive
means Directive EU 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels;