{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004-assistance-for-areas-with-high-distribution-costs-order-2005/schedule-7/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/528",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Act 2004 (Assistance for Areas with High Distribution Costs) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004-assistance-for-areas-with-high-distribution-costs-order-2005",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this condition:\n“administration allowance”\nmeans the amount of the licensee’s revenue allowance for administering the assistance for areas with high distribution costs scheme with the value specified in or calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 of standard condition C20 (Assistance for areas with high distribution costs scheme: restriction on revenue).\n“assistance amount”\nmeans the amount payable by the licensee to a relevant distributor in any relevant year pursuant to Condition C22 (Assistance for areas with high distribution costs scheme: payments to a relevant distributor).\n“assistance for areas with high distribution costs scheme”\nmeans the scheme established pursuant to the Energy Act 2004 (Assistance for Areas with High Distribution Costs) Order 2005.\n“authorised supplier”\nhas the meaning given to it in section 184 of the Energy Act 2004.\n“business day”\nmeans any week day other than a Saturday on which banks are open for domestic business in the City of London.\n“correction amount”\nmeans the amount for reconciliation of payments in respect of the assistance for areas with high distribution costs scheme as specified in or calculated in accordance with paragraph 4 of standard condition C20 (Assistance for areas with high distribution costs scheme: restriction on revenue).\n“base interest rate”\nmeans, in respect of any day, the rate per annum which is equal to the base lending rate from time to time of Barclays Bank PLC as at the close of business on the immediately preceding business day.\n“late payments”\nmeans payments made by authorised suppliers not received by the licensee in the timescales described in any invoice issued by the licensee pursuant to this condition.\n“p/kWh”\nmeans pence per kilowatt hour.\n“relevant year”\nmeans a year beginning on 1 April of each calendar year and ending on 31 March of the following calendar year.\n“total scheme amount”\nmeans the maximum revenue of the licensee in relation to the assistance for areas with high distribution costs scheme and calculated in accordance with paragraph 1 of standard condition C20 (Assistance for areas with high distribution costs: restriction on revenue).\n“units of electricity supplied”\nmeans the best possible data supplied from BSCCo (as defined in the BSC) of the kilowatt hours consumed by the appropriate supplier’s BM Units (as defined in the BSC) at the time the licensee prepares the relevant invoice for issuing under paragraph 3 above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/528/schedule/7/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:07:51.972617+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."
}