{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bill-relief-scheme-regulations-2022/regulation-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bill-relief-scheme-regulations-2022/regulation-59.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/1100",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Bill Relief Scheme Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bill-relief-scheme-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/59",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Audit",
  "text": "(1) Where the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so for the purposes set out in regulation 60(a), (b) or (c), the Secretary of State may by notice to a supplier require that an audit of the books, records, systems, processes and methodologies of the supplier is performed by a suitably qualified person (the “auditor”) appointed by the Secretary of State.\n(2) Where the Secretary of State requires an audit to be performed under paragraph (1)—\n(a) the supplier shall procure for the auditor access to its personnel, books, records, systems, processes and methodologies sufficient for performance of the audit;\n(b) the audit shall be performed so far as practicable without causing disruption to the supplier in carrying on its business;\n(c) the costs of the auditor are to be borne by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 59 in force at 1.11.2022, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1100/regulation/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:54:30.826970+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."
}