Regulation 67 Supplier obligations enforceable as relevant requirementsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The obligations of suppliers under the following provisions are enforceable by GEMA as if they were relevant requirements on a regulated person for the purposes of section 25 of the Electricity Act 1989^f1 or section 28 of the Gas Act 1986^f2—

(a)

Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 2;

(b)

Part 4;

(c)

Part 5;

(d)

Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of this Part.

(2)

Paragraph (1) applies in respect of a person which has ceased to hold an electricity supply licence or gas supply licence as described in regulation 4(3).

(3)

For the purposes of considering whether a supplier has contravened any obligation enforceable under paragraph (1), no—

(a)

determination of the Secretary of State under regulation 63 or 64;

(b)

reconsidered decision of the Secretary of State under regulation 65,

shall be called into question.

(4)

Where it appears to the Secretary of State that a supplier may be contravening, or may have contravened, any of the requirements referred to in paragraph (1) the Secretary of State may so inform GEMA.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 67 in force at 1.11.2022, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 1989 c. 29. The definitions of “regulated person” and “relevant requirement” in section 25(8) were amended by S.I. 2011/2704, S.I. 2019/530, S.I. 2020/96 and S.I. 2020/2016.
f2: 1986 c. 44. The definitions of “regulated person” and “relevant requirement” in section 28(8) were amended by the Gas Act 1995, section 10(1) and S.I. 2011/2704.