Electricity Act 1989

Electricity Act 1989

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	Long title An Act to provide for the appointment and functions of a Director General of Electricity Supply and of consumers' committees for the electricity supply industry; to make new provision with respect to the supply of electricity through electric lines and the generation and transmission of electricity for such supply; to abolish the Electricity Consumers' Council and the Consultative Councils established under the Electricity Act 1947; to provide for the vesting of the property, rights and liabilities of the Electricity Boards and the Electricity Council in companies nominated by the Secretary of State and the subsequent dissolution of those Boards and that Council; to provide for the giving of financial assistance in connection with the storage and reprocessing of nuclear fuel, the treatment, storage and disposal of radioactive waste and the decommissioning of nuclear installations; to amend the Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954 and the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; and for connected purposes.
Citation	1989 c. 29
Dates
Royal assent	27 July 1989
Commencement	1 September 1989
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Electric Lighting Act 1882 Electric Lighting Act 1888 Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 Electric Lighting Act 1909 Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 Electricity (Supply) Act 1922 Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 Electricity Supply (Meters) Act 1936 Hydro-Electric Development (Scotland) Act 1943 Electricity Act 1947 Civil Defence (Electricity Undertakings) Act 1954 Electricity Reorganisation (Scotland) Act 1954 Electricity Act 1957 Electricity (Amendment) Act 1961 Electricity and Gas Act 1963 Gas and Electricity Act 1968 Electricity Act 1972 The Electricity (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1976 Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 Electricity (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1988
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29) provided for the privatisation of the electricity supply industry in Great Britain, by replacing the Central Electricity Generating Board in England and Wales and by restructuring the South of Scotland Electricity Board and the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. The Act also established a licensing regime and a regulator for the industry called the Office of Electricity Regulation (OFFER), which has since become the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM).