Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Eirgrid) Act 2008
Amendment of section 2A (position of interconnectors as respects transmission system) of Act of 1999. |
3.— Section 2A (inserted by section 8 of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 ) of the Act of 1999 is amended by substituting the following for subsection (3): | |
“(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2)— | ||
(a) an interconnector owned by a person other than the Board— | ||
(i) shall, where subsection (4) applies, and | ||
(ii) may, where the Commission determines that it is in the public interest, | ||
be considered to be part of the transmission system for the purposes of calculating charges and imposing charges for use of the transmission system, and | ||
(b) an interconnector owned by the transmission system operator shall be regarded as part of the transmission system for the purposes of the functions of the transmission system operator. | ||
(4) For the purpose of subsection (3)(a), an interconnector constructed pursuant to section 16A shall be deemed to be in the public interest.”. |