Regulation 9 Obligation to apply a reimbursement paymentI1
England, Wales and Scotland
Where a relevant electricity distributor has received a reimbursement payment—
it may deduct its administrative expenses from the amount received; and
it must, subject to paragraph (3), pay the amount recovered minus any deduction under sub-paragraph (a) (“the net amount”), to eligible persons as soon as reasonably practicable.
Where there are two or more eligible persons in respect of the same first connection expenses, the relevant electricity distributor must pay to each eligible person a proportion of the net amount which corresponds with the proportion of the first connection expenses that was borne, or that the relevant electricity distributor estimates was borne, by that eligible person.
A relevant electricity distributor is not required to make a payment to an eligible person if—
the amount of that payment, calculated in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2), would be less than £300;
the relevant electricity distributor, having taken reasonable steps to do so, has been unable to ascertain—
the name and address of the eligible person; or
the amount of first connection expenses that were borne by the eligible person, or sufficient information to allow it to make a reasonable estimate of the first connection expenses borne by that person; or
the eligible person has notified the relevant electricity distributor in writing that the person does not wish to receive a reimbursement payment.
References in these Regulations to paying an amount to an eligible person include retaining an amount, in cases where the relevant electricity distributor is itself an eligible person.