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Fuel and Electricity (Control) Act 1973

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 14 Cited in Amendments 7 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
petroleum and any substance derived from petroleum; andany substance, whether solid, liquid or gaseous, not falling within paragraph (a) above but used as fuel, whether for the propulsion of vehicles or for industrial, domestic or any other purposes.(2) The following provisions of this Act apply in relation to electricity as they apply in relation to the substances mentioned in subsection (1) above.(1) Any person supplying or using a substance to which this Act applies may, if authorised to do so by the Secretary of State by any general or special authority granted for the purpose, and while acting in accordance with that authority, disregard or fall short in discharging any obligation imposed by or under any enactment, or any contractual obligation, relating to or involving the supply or use of that substance.use, or cause or permit the use of, any vehicle on a road as a F3public service vehicle without any licence, permit, agreement or consent otherwise required, and notwithstanding that the vehicle does not comply with regulations made under F4Article 66 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or with such of the regulations made under F5Article 28 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 as would not apply to the vehicle if it were not so used;drive or act as conductor of a public service vehicle without being licensed to do so under F6Article 70 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or employ a person not so licensed to drive or act as conductor of any such vehicle;act, or cause or permit a person to act, as the driver of a passenger vehicle without complying with the requirements of F7Article 56 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(3) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or excluding any obligation or restriction imposed, or extending any power conferred, by or under any enactment F8(other than a transferred enactment within the meaning of subsection (3A) below) which directly or indirectly affects the supply or use of a substance to which this Act applies.(3A) A Ministry of Northern Ireland may by order make provision for modifying or excluding any obligation imposed, or extending any power conferred, by or under any transferred enactment which directly or indirectly affects the supply or use of a substance to which this Act applies.In this subsection “transferred enactment” means an enactment which, if it is, or had been, in force before the

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