The Energy Act 2008 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2014

This Order brings into force on 10th June 2014 section 44(3) (offshore electricity transmission) of the Energy Act 2008 (the Act) for all remaining purposes, and section 108 of and Schedule 6 (repeals) to the Act so far as they repeal section 180(2) (meaning of ‘high voltage line’) of the Energy Act 2004 (the 2004 Act). Section 180(2) of the 2004 Act inserted a definition in relation to ‘relevant offshore line’ into section 64 (interpretation of Part 1) of the Electricity Act 1989 (c.29) (the 1989 Act) for the purposes of the definition of ‘high voltage line’ in section 64(1) of that Act. Section 44(3) of the Act inserts a new definition in relation to ‘relevant offshore line’ into section 64 of the 1989 Act.