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SCHEDULE 5, MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS - continued

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  PART III
  ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
     10. The Electricity Act 1989 is amended as follows.
 
     11. In section 25 (orders for securing compliance with certain provisions), in the definition of "relevant requirement" in subsection (8)-
 
 
    (a) after "40(3)" there is inserted "40A,";
 
    (b) for "41(3)" there is substituted "41A"' and
 
    (c) for "or 42B below" there is substituted "42B, 42C, 43A or 43B below or section 22 of the Utilities Act 2000".
     12. In section 39 (standards of performance in individual cases), for the words from the beginning to "results" (in paragraph (c)) there is substituted "The Authority may, with the consent of the Secretary of State".
 
     13. In section 40(1)(a) (overall standards of performance for electricity suppliers) for the second "such" there is substituted "electricity".
 
     14. In section 64(1) (interpretation of Part I of the Act), in the definition of "prescribed", after "sections" there is inserted "6A, ".
 
     15. In section 66(1) (interpretation)-
 
 
    (a) after the definition of "Area Board" there is inserted-
 
    ""the Authority" means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;"; and
 
    (b) after the definition of "contravention" there is inserted-
 
    ""the Council" means the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council;".
 
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