Paragraph 6 Utilities Act 2000I1

in subsection (1), after “2022” insert “or a relevant scheme or regulations made under section 9(1) or (2) or section 16 of the Energy Prices Act 2022”;

in subsection (3), after paragraph (ab) insert—

“(ac)

it is required by any person in exercise of a power to require information conferred by regulations under section 16 of the Energy Prices Act 2022;”;

after subsection (8) insert—

“(8A)

Subsection (1) does not apply to a disclosure of information which has been obtained—

(a)

under or by virtue of a relevant scheme if it is made by a person in connection with that person’s performance of the terms of that relevant scheme, or

(b)

under or by virtue of regulations made under section 9(1) or (2) of the Energy Prices Act 2022 if the disclosure is made by a person in connection with the exercise of that person’s functions under the regulations.”;

in subsection (10), after the definition of “relevant activities” insert—

• ““relevant scheme” means—

  1. (a)

     a domestic electricity price reduction scheme for Great Britain, or

  2. (b)

     a domestic gas price reduction scheme for Great Britain,

  within the meaning of the Energy Prices Act 2022 (see section 1 of that Act);”.