{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-community-energy-saving-programme-order-2009/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-community-energy-saving-programme-order-2009/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1905",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Community Energy Saving Programme) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-community-energy-saving-programme-order-2009",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Definition of supplier",
  "text": "(1) A person is a supplier if that person holds a supply licence—\n(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\n(b) under section 7A of the Gas Act 1986 and that person satisfies paragraph (2) or (3) in respect of the supply of gas.\n(2) A person must supply—\n(a) at least 50,000 domestic customers on 31st December of the year 2008, 2009 or 2010; or\n(b) at least 250,000 domestic customers on 31st December 2011.\n(3) A company that belongs to a group of companies must supply domestic customers and—\n(a) on 31st December of the year 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\n(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.\n(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.\n(5) A new supplier is a supplier who satisfies paragraph (1) for the first time on—\n(a) 31st December 2009;\n(b) 31st December 2010;or\n(c) 31st December 2011.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 5(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, 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 5(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, 7(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1905/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:08:35.083811+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."
}