{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-supplier-obligations-amendment-excluded-electricity-regulations-2015/regulation-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/721",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Supplier Obligations (Amendment & Excluded Electricity) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-supplier-obligations-amendment-excluded-electricity-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Validity and revocation of EII certificates",
  "text": "(1) An EII certificate comes into force—\n(a) where there is already an EII certificate in force in relation to the meter in respect of which the certificate is issued, on the day after the expiry of the EII certificate that was already in force; or\n(b) where there is no EII certificate in force in relation to the meter in respect of which the certificate is issued, on the day after the day on which it is issued.\n(2) Where an EII certificate is issued the Secretary of State must give a notice to—\n(a) the BSCCo;\n(b) the CFD counterparty.\n(3) Where an EII certificate is issued (and not revoked) by the Secretary of State, it is valid from the day on which it comes into force until either—\n(a) midnight on the day falling 16 months after the first day of the relevant period for the purposes of the EII application in respect of which the EII certificate was issued, if—\n(i) at the time of that application the person’s business in respect of which the application was made was a new business, and\n(ii) at the time of that application the person’s business in respect of which the application was made had been trading for not more than four consecutive financial quarters; or\n(b) in the case of all other businesses, the end of June in the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the EII certificate comes into force.\n(4) An EII certificate may only be revoked where the Secretary of State is satisfied that—\n(a) the person who applied for the certificate or, if applicable, the person identified in a notice issued in respect of the certificate pursuant to regulation 12(7)(a)—\n(i) is not entitled to the EII certificate pursuant to regulation 8, or\n(ii) has failed to comply with the requirements of regulation 12; ...\n(aa) any evidence or information included in a report under regulation 12(4) is not sufficient or not satisfactory; or\n(b) the certificate was issued pursuant to regulation 10(9) to a third party other than an electricity supplier and—\n(i) the person who applied for the certificate no longer pays that third party for the supply of electricity, or\n(ii) either of the circumstances described in sub-paragraph (a) or the circumstances described in sub-paragraph (aa) exist.\n(c) there is a risk of incompatibility with international law obligations in respect of subsidy control, if the EII certificate is not revoked.\n(5) Where an EII certificate is revoked the Secretary of State must give a notice of such revocation to—\n(a) the person who applied for the certificate, except where the Secretary of State does not hold a proper address for such person, or where a notice has been issued in respect of the certificate pursuant to regulation 12(7)(a);\n(b) if applicable, the person identified in a notice issued in respect of the certificate pursuant to regulation 12(7)(a), except where the Secretary of State does not hold a proper address for such person;\n(c) if applicable, the third party to whom an EII certificate has been issued pursuant to regulation 10(9), except where the Secretary of State does not hold a proper address for such person;\n(d) if applicable, the person identified in a notice issued in respect of the certificate pursuant to regulation 12(7)(b), except where the Secretary of State does not hold a proper address for such person;\n(e) the BSCCo; and\n(f) the CFD counterparty.\n(6) Revocation of an EII certificate has effect from the beginning of the 6th day after the notice under paragraph (5) is given.\n(7) Where an EII certificate is revoked, or a notice under regulation 12A or regulation 12(7) has been given in respect of an EII certificate, the CFD counterparty must, as soon as reasonably practicable, inform electricity suppliers who supply electricity which is measured by the meter identified in that certificate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 8-13A substituted for regs. 8-13 (31.10.2017) by The Electricity Supplier Obligations (Amendment and Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1051), regs. 1(2), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 13(3)(b) substituted (2.3.2020) by The Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/130), regs. 2(1), 12(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 13(4)(a)(ii) omitted (2.3.2020) by virtue of The Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/130), regs. 2(1), 12(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 13(4)(aa) inserted (2.3.2020) by The Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/130), regs. 2(1), 12(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 13(4)(b)(ii) inserted (2.3.2020) by The Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/130), regs. 2(1), 12(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 13(4)(c) inserted (E.W.S.) (1.4.2024) by The Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/419), regs. 1(2), 7(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in reg. 13(7) substituted (2.3.2020) by The Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/130), regs. 2(1), 12(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/721/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:42:20.043435+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."
}