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# 2020 No. 106 

# ENERGY 

The Utilities Act 2000 (Amendment of Section 105) Order 2020 

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The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 105(7) of the Utilities Act 2000( $^{a}$). 

## Citation and commencement 

$^{1.}$ This Order may be cited as the Utilities Act 2000 (Amendment of Section 105) Order 2020 and comes into force on 10th March 2020. 

## Amendment of the Utilities Act 2000 

$^{2.}$—(1) In section 105(3)($^{b}$) of the Utilities Act 2000 (general restrictions on disclosure of information), after paragraph (b) insert— 

“(ba) it is a protected disclosure for the purposes of the Employment Rights Act 1996( $^{c}$) (and for the purposes of ascertaining whether it is a protected disclosure, subsection (9) is to be disregarded);”. 

(2) In section 105(4)(g)( $^{d}$) of the Utilities Act 2000, for the words from “under” to the end substitute— 

“— 

(i) under or by virtue of the 1986 Act, the 1989 Act, this Act or any Act or instrument specified in subsection (6), or 

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(ii) in reliance on section 47B or 103A of the Employment Rights Act 1996;”. 

Kwasi Kwarteng Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 

