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Single Electricity Market Committee.
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4.— The Act of 1999 is amended by the insertion after section 8 of the following:
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“Single Electricity Market Committee.
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8A.— (1) There shall be a committee of the Commission to be known as the Single Electricity Market Committee or as the SEM Committee.
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(2) The SEM Committee shall comprise such members as stand appointed to it from time to time.
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(3) Schedule 1A applies to the SEM Committee.
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(4) Any decision as to the exercise of a relevant function of the Commission in relation to a SEM matter shall be taken on behalf of the Commission by the SEM Committee.
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(5) For the purposes of this Act a matter is a SEM matter if the SEM Committee determines that the exercise of a relevant function of the Commission in relation to that matter materially affects, or is likely materially to affect, the Single Electricity Market.
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(6) For the purposes of this section ‘ relevant function ’ means—
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(a) a function under this Act relating to electricity,
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(b) a function under the Internal Market Regulations.”.
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