Statutory Instruments
RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
Made
4th December 1995
Laid before Parliament
5th December 1995
Coming into force
29th December 1995
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 18(5) of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976(1), hereby makes the following Order:
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Restrictive Trade Practices (Standards and Arrangements) (Services) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 29th December 1995.
(2) In this Order-
"the 1976 Act" means the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976;
"arrangements" means, in respect of making available, supplying or obtaining any designated services within the meaning of the 1976 Act, arrangements as to the provision of information or advice to persons to or by whom designated services are supplied or agreed to be supplied;
"standards" means, in respect of making available, supplying or obtaining any designated services within the meaning of the 1976 Act, standards of performance in the provision of the services or standards of dimension, design, quality or performance in respect of goods used in providing them.
2.-(1) The standards specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order, being standards adopted by Electricity Association Services Limited on 31st October 1995, are hereby approved for the purposes of section 18(5) of the 1976 Act.
(2) The arrangements specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order, being arrangements adopted by Electricity Association Services Limited on 31st October 1995, are hereby approved for the purposes of section 18(5) of the 1976 Act.
John M. Taylor
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs,Department of Trade and Industry
4th December 1995
Article 2
09-“2 | The installation of 33kV and higher voltage power cables and associated auxiliary cables |
Amendment 1, 1995 to Issue 3, 1983 | |
09-“4 | 66kV and 132kV impregnated paper insulated oil-filled and gas-pressure type power cable systems |
Amendment 1, 1995 to Issue 3, 1991 | |
09-“6 | Auxiliary multicore and multipair cables |
Amendment 1, 1995 to Issue 6, 1988 | |
09-“7 | PVC insulated concentric service cables with stranded copper or solid aluminium phase conductors and copper concentric conductors |
Amendment 1, 1995 to Issue 4, 1981 | |
09-“9 | Polymeric insulated, combined neutral/earth (CNE) cables with solid aluminium phase conductors and concentric aluminium wire waveform neutral/earth conductor |
Amendment 1, 1995 to Issue 5, 1981 | |
09-“11 | Heat shrinkable insulating materials for use with 600/1000V cables and accessories |
Amendment 1, 1995 to Issue 1, 1975 | |
09-“12 | Impregnated paper insulated corrugated aluminium sheathed 6,350/11,000 volt cable |
Amendment 1, 1995 to Issue 2, 1990 | |
09-“17 | Single core cables for use in substations having extruded insulation and rated voltages of 6,350/11,000 volts and 19,000/33,000 volts |
Amendment 1, 1995 to Issue 2, 1991 | |
26-“3 | Hand held insulated tools for live working up to 1,000 volts |
Amendment 1, 1995 to Issue 2, 1984 | |
41-“10 | Switchgear for use on 66 and 132kV distribution systems |
Issue 4, 1995 | |
41-“18 | Partial discharge testing of bushings, capacitors, instrument transformers and switchgear of rated voltage 7.2-“420kV inclusive |
Issue 2, 1995 | |
41-“26 | Distribution switchgear for servcie up to 36kV (cable connected) |
Amendment 2, 1995 to Issue 1, 1991 | |
41-“27 | Outdoor distribution switchgear for service up to 36kV (overhead conductor connected) |
Amendment 2, 1995 to Issue 1, 1991 | |
43-“91 | Stay strands and stay fittings for overhead lines |
Amendment 1, 1995 to Issue 4, 1984 | |
43-“96 | Fasteners and washers for wood pole overhead lines |
Amendment 1, 1995 to Issue 2, 1986 | |
43-“103 | Low voltage overhead line temporary shrouding materials |
Issue 1, 1995 | |
C55/4 | Insulated sheath power cable systems 1989 |
Amendment 1, 1995 | |
C64 | Testing procedure for approval of joints for cables generally to BEBS C5 1969 |
Amendment 4, 1995 | |
C79 | Type approval tests for connectors and terminations for aluminium conductors of insulated power cables 1972 |
Amendment 3, 1995 | |
C92 | Performances specification for pole top terminations on 6,350/11,000 Volt paper insulated cables 1987 |
Part 1: Non-metallic pole boxes for mass-impregnated non-draining (MIND) solid type cables | |
Amendment 1, 1995 | |
G12/3 | Requirements for the application of protective multiple earthing to low voltage networks 1995 |
G58/2 | Purchase, use, storage, inspection and maintenance of hand held insulated tools for live working up to 1,000 volts 1995 |
G59/1 | Recommendations for the connection of embedded generating plant to the Regional Electricity Companies' distribution systems 1991 |
Amendment 2, 1995 | |
L9/3 | Structural testing of wood poles prior to climbing or use as a personal support 1995 |
S15 | Standard Schematic Diagrams |
Part 1: Schematic Diagrams 1956 | |
Amendment 1, 1995 | |
Part 2: Alarm Schemes 1963 | |
Amendment 1, 1995 | |
Part 3: Basic diagrams for voltage and current transformer secondary circuits 1967 | |
Amendment 3, 1995 | |
ETR 113 | Notes of guidance for the protection of embedded generating plant up to 5 MW for operation in parallel with Public Electricity Suppliers' distribution systems |
Revision 1, 1995 | |
SMCC 004 | Notes of guidance on the safe working of third parties in close proximity to live low voltage overhead conductors 1995 |
SMCC 006 | Notes of guidance on earthwire replacement with one circuit live on 132kV double circuit power lines 1995 |
SMCC 004 | Notes of guidance on the safe working of third parties in close proximity to live low voltage overhead conductors 1995 |
SMCC 006 | Notes of guidance on earthwire replacement with one circuit live on 132kV double circuit power lines 1995 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order approves standards of performance in the provision of services and standards of dimension, design, quality or performance in respect of goods used in providing them and arrangements as to the provision of information or advice, all of which have been adopted by Electricity Association Services Limited. The effect of the Order is that, for the purpose of determining whether an agreement is one to which the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 applies, no account is taken of any term in the agreement by which parties or any of them agree to comply with, or to apply, the standards and arrangements so approved.
The standards and arrangements may be inspected at the premises of Electricity Association Services Limited, 30 Millbank, London SW1P 4RD.