S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2020 No. 106  ENERGY  The Utilities Act 2000 (Amendment of Section 105) Order 2020  Made - - - - 29th January 2020  Laid before Parliament 4th February 2020  Coming into force - - 10th March 2020  The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section  105(7) of the Utilities Act 2000( $^{a}$).  $^{1.}$ This Order may be cited as the Utilities Act 2000 (Amendment of Section 105) Order 2020  and comes into force on 10th March 2020.  $^{2.}$—(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);”.  Amendment of the Utilities Act 2000  Citation and commencement  ( $^{a}$) 2000 c. 27.  ( $^{b}$) Section 105(3) was amended by the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), section 186(b); the Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), Schedule 5,  paragraph 15(b); the Energy Act 2010 (c. 27), Schedule, paragraph 16(b); the Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), Schedule 1,  paragraph 9; the Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), section 52(b); the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), section 51(9); the Scotland Act  2016 (c. 11), section 60(13); S.I. 2014/631; S.I. 2014/892; S.I. 2015/862 and S.I. 2019/931.  ( $^{c}$)  1996 c. 18.  29th January 2020  Kwasi Kwarteng Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth  Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy  ( $^{d}$) Section 105(4) was amended by the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24), section 17, Schedule 4, part 1,  paragraph 52; the Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), Schedule 18, paragraph 89; S.I. 2001/3649; S.I. 2002/1555; S.I.  2008/960; S.I. 2013/1882; S.I. 2014/469; S.I. 2015/862 and S.I. 2019/530.  (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  (ii) in reliance on section 47B or 103A of the Employment Rights Act 1996;”. 