Regulation 47 The non-payment register

(1)

The Settlement Body must maintain a register (“the non-payment register”) which is to include in respect of a payer (“P”) who has not paid an invoice by the payment due date—

(a)

the name of P;

(b)

whether P is an electricity supplier or a capacity provider;

(c)

the type of invoice in respect of which P is in default;

(d)

the payment due date;

(e)

the date or dates when any payment has been made by P in respect of the invoice, and whether it is a full or partial payment; and

(f)

whether P has given a disputes notice to the Settlement Body in respect of the invoice;

(g)

if P has given a disputes notice in respect of the invoice, whether the dispute has been determined under Chapter 2 of Part 10 and, if so, that determination.

(2)

The matters included on the non-payment register under paragraph (1) are a “relevant register entry” in relation to P.

(3)

The Settlement Body must—

(a)

make a relevant register entry as soon as possible after P is in default; and

(b)

update the relevant register entry if a payment is subsequently made, or a dispute is raised or determined.

(4)

The Settlement Body must remove a relevant register entry—

(a)

if it is determined under Chapter 2 of Part 10 that the payment is not due, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Settlement Body makes that determination;

(b)

in any other case, 12 months after the date on which P became in default.

(5)

The Settlement Body must publish the information contained in the non-payment register on a website.

(6)

The Settlement Body must retain the data contained in a relevant register entry for 5 years after the relevant register entry is made.