Article 4 Definition of supplierI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

A person is a supplier if that person holds a supply licence—

(a)

under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989 and that person satisfies paragraph (2) or (3) in respect of the supply of electricity; or

(b)

under section 7A of the Gas Act 1986 and that person satisfies paragraph (2) or (3) in respect of the supply of gas.

F1(2)

A person must supply—

(a)

at least 50,000 domestic customers on 31st December of the year 2007, 2008, 2009 or 2010; or

(b)

at least 250,000 domestic customers on 31st December 2011.

F2(3)

A company that belongs to a group of companies must supply domestic customers and—

(a)

on 31st December of the year 2007, 2008, 2009 or 2010 the number of domestic customers of that company and of other companies in the group must be at least 50,000; or

(b)

on 31st December 2011 the number of domestic customers of that company and of other companies in the group must be at least 250,000.

(4)

Where a person satisfies paragraph (1) in respect of electricity and of gas that person is a separate supplier in respect of each supply.

F3(5)

A new supplier is a supplier to whom paragraph (1) applies for the first time on 31st December 2008, 31st December 2009, 31st December 2010 or 31st December 2011.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 4(2) substituted (22.12.2011) by The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions and Community Energy Saving) (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/3062), arts. 1, 3(2)
F2: Art. 4(3) substituted (22.12.2011) by The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions and Community Energy Saving) (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/3062), arts. 1, 3(3)
F3: Art. 4(5) substituted (31.7.2010) by The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1958), arts. 1, 5(3)

Commencement

I1: Art. 4 in force at 31.1.2008, see art. 1