{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bills-discount-scheme-regulations-2023/regulation-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bills-discount-scheme-regulations-2023/regulation-48.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/453",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Bills Discount Scheme Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bills-discount-scheme-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/48",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Customer declaration where this Chapter applies",
  "text": "(1) A customer must, as soon as practicable and in any event within the period of 21 days beginning with the initial declaration date—\n(a) determine whether this Chapter applies in respect of a supply contract to which it is party;\n(b) if it so determines, send to the supplier a declaration to that effect.\n(2) A supplier must in accordance with paragraph (3)—\n(a) determine whether either of the circumstances in regulation 47(1)(a) applies;\n(b) if so, give the customer notice of that determination, drawing this Chapter to the attention of the customer, unless the customer has already sent a declaration under paragraph (1)(b).\n(3) A supplier must comply with paragraph (2)—\n(a) when it enters into a supply contract, or\n(b) in the case of a supply contract entered into before the scheme introduction date, within the period of 45 days beginning with the scheme introduction date.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 48 in force at 26.4.2023, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/453/regulation/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:46:29.578611+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."
}