The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1992 No. 231 — creates 27 criminal offences.

Made

11 February 1992

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Energy, communications, water and utilities

Made under

Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order— a provides for the appointment and functions of a Director General of Electricity Supply for Northern Ireland and of a Consumer Committee for Electricity; b makes new provision with respect to the supply of electricity through electric lines and the generation and transmission of electricity for such supply; c abolishes the General Consumer Council’s functions in relation to electricity; and d provides for the vesting of the assets and liabilities of Northern Ireland Electricity in companies nominated by the Department and the subsequent dissolution of Northern Ireland Electricity.

Offences created by this instrument

• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• SCHEDULE 6 SCHEDULE 6 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 6 SCHEDULE 6 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• SCHEDULE 6 SCHEDULE 6 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• SCHEDULE 7 SCHEDULE 7 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 7 SCHEDULE 7 · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 7 SCHEDULE 7 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Power to require information, etc article 31(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Power to require information, etc article 31(5) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Regulations relating to supply and safety article 32(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Electricity from non-fossil fuel sources article 35(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Provisions supplementary to Article 37 article 38(5) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Consent required for construction, etc., of generating stations article 39(6) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Consent required for overhead lines article 40(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Information with respect to levels of performance article 45(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Provision of statistical information article 59(7) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Provision of statistical information article 59(8) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• General restrictions on disclosure of information article 61(6) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Making of false statements, etc article 63(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Making of false statements, etc article 63(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Prohibition on unlicensed supply, etc article 8(1) · Revoked · Strict liability

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 1992