# Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, Paragraph 1: Utilities

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) A contract between an electricity supplier and a consumer for the supply of electricity to any premises.
(2) A contract between a gas supplier and a consumer for the supply of gas to any premises.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(6) In Northern Ireland—
(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));
(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.
(7) In this paragraph—
“electricity supplier” means a person who is authorised to supply electricity—
(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)),
(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
(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));
“gas supplier” means a person who is authorised to supply gas—
(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
(b) by virtue of the exemption in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2A to the Gas Act 1986;
“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;
“licensed sewerage supplier” means—
(a) in relation to England and Wales, a sewerage licensee within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991;
(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);
“licensed water supplier” means—
(a) in relation to England and Wales, a water supply licensee within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991;
(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;
“relevant heat network” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 8 of the Energy Act 2023;
“sewerage undertaker” and “water undertaker” have the same meanings as in the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/22/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024/schedule-22/paragraph-1
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