120Defence—instrument under Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987

120 Defence—instrument under Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987

120 Defence—instrument under Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987

(1) It is a defence to proceedings against a person for an offence under this Subdivision if an act or omission was authorised or required by an instrument under the Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987, Part 6.

(2) An instrument in force for part of a summer month is taken, for the purposes of this Subdivision, to have been in force for the whole of the month.

(3) In this section—

instrument means the following—

(a) an order,

(b) a proclamation,

(c) a regulation,

(d) a direction.