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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 31(2) of the Energy Act 2010, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Electricity, England And Wales

Gas, England And Wales

Made ***

Coming into force ***

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9, 10, 14 and 31(5) and (6) of the Energy Act 2010^f1 (“the Act”) with the consent of the Treasury.

In accordance with section 14 of the Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, licensed electricity suppliers, licensed gas suppliers and such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.

In accordance with section 31(2) of the Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

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Footnotes

f1: 2010 c. 27. Section 9 was amended by section 58(2) of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11) and section 31(6) was amended by section 58(7) of that Act. See the definitions of “licensed electricity supplier” and “licensed gas supplier” in section 15(5).