{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989/schedule-2ZA/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989/schedule-2ZA/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/29",
  "legislation_title": "Electricity Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989",
  "path": "schedule/2ZA/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule—\n“charging statement” (in relation to a distribution exemption holder who proposes to impose a use of system charge) is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 5(2)(b);\n“closed distribution system” means a system classified as a closed distribution system by the Authority under paragraph 12(2);\n“customer” means a person who purchases electricity for the person’s own consumption;\n“expression of interest’ has the meaning given by paragraph 1(2);\n“household customer” means a customer who purchases electricity for consumption by the customer’s own household;\n“system user”, in relation to a distribution system, means—\n(a)a person supplying electricity that is being conveyed by means of that distribution system; or\n(b)a customer who owns or occupies premises that are connected to that distribution system;\n“third party supplier”, in relation to a distribution exemption holder, means any authorised supplier that is not related to the distribution exemption holder;\n“use of system charge”, in relation to a distribution exemption holder, means a charge which—\n(a)is levied by the distribution exemption holder on a third party supplier identified in an expression of interest that has been served on the distribution exemption holder; and\n(b)is for use of the exempt distribution system to which the expression of interest relates.\n(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, a person (“A”) is related to another person (“B”) where A is—\n(a) an undertaking in which B has a participating interest within the meaning of section 421A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;\n(b) a holding company of B;\n(c) a subsidiary of B; or\n(d) a subsidiary of a holding company of B.\n(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) “holding company” and “subsidiary” are to be construed in accordance with section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2ZA, Sch. 2ZB inserted (10.11.2011) by The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2704), regs. 1(1), 21(3), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/2ZA/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:46:38.123919+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}