# The Energy-Intensive Industry Electricity Support Payments and Levy Regulations 2024, Regulation 4: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“applicant” means the person who has submitted an application under regulation 7(1);
“associated claim month” has the meaning set out in the definition of “levy month”;
“the Balancing and Settlement Code” means the code for the governance of electricity balancing and settlement in Great Britain, as amended from time to time, which is maintained in accordance with the conditions of transmission licences granted under section 6(1)(b) of the Electricity Act 1989;
“calculation date” in relation to any levy month means the first working day of the month before that levy month;
“claim month” means any month in respect of which a claim is made under regulation 7(1);
“EII certificate” has the meaning given by regulation 8(1) of the Excluded Electricity Regulations;
“EII excluded electricity” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Excluded Electricity Regulations;
“EII levy administrator” means the company appointed under regulation 6(b);
“EII support payments administrator” means the company appointed under regulation 6(a);
“Excluded Electricity Regulations” means the Electricity Supplier Obligations (Amendment & Excluded Electricity) Regulations 2015;
“levy month” means the same month as a claim month, but in the following year (and that claim month shall be known as the “associated claim month” in relation to that levy month);
“network charges” means any charges—
(a) within the meaning given to the term “use of system charges” in Condition 1 of the Standard Conditions of the Electricity Distribution Licence, issued under section 6(1)(c) of the Electricity Act 1989;
(b) within the meaning given to the term “use of system charges” in Condition C1 of the Standard Conditions of the Electricity Transmission Licence, issued under section 6(1)(b) of the Electricity Act 1989;
(c) within the meaning given to the term “connection charge” in Condition 1 of the Standard Conditions of the Electricity Distribution Licence, issued under section 6(1)(c) of the Electricity Act 1989;
(d) within the meaning given to the term “connection charge” in Condition C1 of the Standard Conditions of the Electricity Transmission Licence, issued under section 6(1)(b) of the Electricity Act 1989,
as any of those Conditions are amended from time to time;
“quarter” means a period of three months ending with 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December in any year;
“working day” means a day other than—
(a) a Saturday or a Sunday;
(b) Christmas Day or Good Friday;
(c) a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales or Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348256710/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-energy-intensive-industry-electricity-support-payments-and-levy-regulations-2024/regulation-4
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