Regulation 9 Amendments to regulation 9 (provision of information by suppliers)

at the end of paragraph (2)(a) insert “, except for any scheme electricity supplier to whom information may not be disclosed under section 36(1) of the Digital Economy Act 2017”;

for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3)

A direction may only be given to a scheme electricity supplier if—

(a)

regulations are in force under section 142 of the Pensions Act 2008 and those regulations authorise the scheme electricity supplier to disclose to the Secretary of State the information specified in the direction; or

(b)

the scheme electricity supplier is authorised by section 37 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 to disclose to the Secretary of State the information specified in the direction.”;

in paragraph (7), for “6 and 7” substitute “6 to 10”;

in paragraph (8), after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)

for each subsequent scheme year, the period following the end of the scheme year beginning on 1st April and ending on 31st August.”.