# The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023, Article 26: Deadline for notification of completed measures


(1) For the purposes of article 25, a notification of a measure is made on time if it is made—
(a) on or before the original deadline, which is—
(i) in the case of a measure completed in 2023, 31st January 2024;
(ii) in the case of a measure completed after 2023, the end of the first month following the month in which the measure is completed;
(b) following an application under article 27(1) which is approved by the Administrator, on or before the date determined by the Administrator under article 27(5)(a); or
(c) in the case of a measure falling within the 5% notification threshold for the participant (“the notifying participant”), before—
(i) the end of the third month after the original deadline, if the original deadline is before 1st April 2026; or
(ii) the end of June 2026, if the original deadline is after 31st March 2026.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), a measure falls within the 5% notification threshold for the notifying participant if—
(a) the measure is notified to the Administrator after the original deadline; and
(b) at the time the measure is notified, the result of the following formula is less than or equal to 0.05—
(F – G) / H.
(3) In paragraph (2)—
“F” is the number of measures (also counting the measure being notified) which—
(a) have the same original deadline as the measure being notified; and
(b) are notified after the original deadline by—
(i) the notifying participant; or
(ii) any other participant that is a member of the same group as the notifying participant;
“G” is the number of measures which—
(a) have the same original deadline as the measure being notified;
(b) are the subject of an application under article 27(1) which is approved by the Administrator; and
(c) are notified, after the original deadline and on or before the date determined by the Administrator under article 27(5)(a), by—
(i) the notifying participant; or
(ii) any other participant that is a member of the same group as the notifying participant;
“H” is the greater of 1 and the number of measures which—
(a) have the same original deadline as the measure being notified; and
(b) are notified on or before the original deadline by—
(i) the notifying participant; or
(ii) any other participant that is a member of the same group as the notifying participant.
(4) In this article, “original deadline” has the meaning given in paragraph (1)(a).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348248340/article/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2023/article-26
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