{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024/schedule-22/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2024/13",
  "legislation_title": "Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024",
  "path": "schedule/22/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Utilities",
  "text": "(1) A contract between an electricity supplier and a consumer for the supply of electricity to any premises.\n(2) A contract between a gas supplier and a consumer for the supply of gas to any premises.\n(3) A contract between a heat supplier and a consumer for the supply of heating, cooling or hot water by means of a relevant heat network.\n(4) In England and Wales, a contract between a licensed water supplier, or licensed sewerage supplier, and a consumer for the supply of water or sewerage services.\n(5) In Scotland, a contract between a licensed water supplier, or licensed sewerage supplier, and a consumer for the supply of water or sewerage services.\n(6) In Northern Ireland—\n(a) a contract between a water undertaker and a consumer for the supply of water pursuant to Article 94 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21));\n(b) a contract between a sewerage undertaker and a consumer for the supply of sewerage services pursuant to Chapter 3 of Part 6 of that Order.\n(7) In this paragraph—\n“electricity supplier” means a person who is authorised to supply electricity—\n(a) by a licence under Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989 or Part 2 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)),\n(b) by virtue of an exemption granted under the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3270), or\n(c) by virtue of an exemption granted under the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.I. 2013/93 (N.I. 1));\n“gas supplier” means a person who is authorised to supply gas—\n(a) by a licence under Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 or Part 2 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)), or\n(b) by virtue of the exemption in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2A to the Gas Act 1986;\n“heat supplier” means a person who is authorised to supply heating, cooling or hot water by an authorisation conferred under regulations made under Chapter 1 of Part 8 of the Energy Act 2023;\n“licensed sewerage supplier” means—\n(a) in relation to England and Wales, a sewerage licensee within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991;\n(b) in relation to Scotland, a person supplying sewerage services under a sewerage services licence within the meaning of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3);\n“licensed water supplier” means—\n(a) in relation to England and Wales, a water supply licensee within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991;\n(b) in relation to Scotland, a person supplying water under a water services licence within the meaning of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005;\n“relevant heat network” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 8 of the Energy Act 2023;\n“sewerage undertaker” and “water undertaker” have the same meanings as in the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 22 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 339(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/22/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:35:09.592730+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}