{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bills-discount-scheme-regulations-2023/regulation-65",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bills-discount-scheme-regulations-2023/regulation-65.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/65",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "65",
  "heading": "Purposes for which powers under this Chapter may be exercised",
  "text": "The purposes are—\n(a) ascertaining whether any provision of the Regulations is being or has been complied with;\n(b) ascertaining whether pursuant to any provision of Part 3 or Part 4, any significant amount—\n(i) is payable to, or\n(ii) upon that provision being complied with, would become payable to, or would not be payable by,\nthe Secretary of State;\n(c) ascertaining whether any person is in Chapter 3 default, and if so the default benefit amount;\n(d) otherwise ensuring the proper accounting for, tracing or control of public money in discount recovery;\n(e) obtaining information in connection with any review, including a review under section 9(5) of the Act, by the Secretary of State of the operation and effects of the scheme;\n(f) otherwise obtaining information in connection with the exercise of any of the functions of the Secretary of State in or under these Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 65 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/65",
    "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."
}