{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004/section-164",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004/section-164.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/20",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2004",
  "path": "section/164",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "164",
  "heading": "Restrictions on enforcement of security",
  "text": "(1) No step to enforce a security over property of a protected energy company is to be taken by any person, unless—\n(a) notice of his intention to do so has been served both on the Secretary of State and on GEMA; and\n(b) a period of at least fourteen days has elapsed since the service of the last of those notices to be served.\n(2) In the case of a protected energy company which is a non-GB company, the reference in subsection (1) to the property of the company is a reference only to its property in Great Britain.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 154-171 modified (1.10.2005) by Energy Administration Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/2483), rules 1, 184 (with rules 3, 187)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 156-167 applied (with modifications) (18.12.2011) by Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), ss. 96(1)-(4), 121(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Ss. 154-171 modified (7.6.2013) by The Energy Supply Company Administration Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1046), rules 1, 205(2)-(4) (with rules 3, 208)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Ss. 156-167 applied (with modifications) (23.7.2018) by Smart Meters Act 2018 (c. 14), ss. 4(1)-(4), 14(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Ss. 154-171 modified (E.W.) (1.8.2020) by The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/629), rules 1, 3(2)-(4) (with rule 4(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Ss. 156-167 applied (with modifications) (31.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.6.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act 2022 (c. 15), ss. 33(1)-(5), 44(1)(c)(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Pt. 3 Ch. 3: power to modify conferred (31.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.6.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act 2022 (c. 15), ss. 38, 44(1)(c)(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Ss. 156-167 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (26.10.2023) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), s. 334(2)(l), Sch. 18 para. 50"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Pt. 3 Ch. 3 power to apply and modify conferred (26.12.2023) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), ss. 48, 334(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "Ss. 156-167 applied (with modifications) (26.12.2023) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), ss. 44, 334(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 164 in force at 5.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/20/section/164",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:05.990250+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."
}