{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989/schedule-2ZB/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989/schedule-2ZB/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/29",
  "legislation_title": "Electricity Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989",
  "path": "schedule/2ZB/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Sections 44C and 44D apply in relation to an exempt supply dispute as they apply in relation to a section 44B dispute such as is mentioned in section 44C(1), but as if in section 44C(8) the words “against whom a complaint is made as mentioned in section 44B(1)(a), and” were omitted.\n(2) A dispute is an “exempt supply dispute” if—\n(a) it is wholly or mainly a dispute—\n(i) regarding an obligation of a supply exemption holder under this Schedule; or\n(ii) as to whether a supply exemption holder who has objected to a change of supplier because of a reason in paragraph 2(5) of this Schedule was entitled to object on that basis;\n(b) it arises from a written complaint made against the supply exemption holder; and\n(c) it is a dispute between the complainant and that supply exemption holder.",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2ZB para. 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 61; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/2ZB/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}