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The Energy Prices (Domestic Supply) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1105 · Made 27 October 2022

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Energy, Northern Ireland

Approved by both Houses of Parliament

Made at 3.35 p.m. on 27th October 2022

Laid before Parliament at 4.00 p.m. on 31st October 2022

Coming into force 1st November 2022

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(4) and (7) of the Energy Prices Act 2022f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2022 c. 44.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
  2. 2Definition of “NI domestic electricity supply”
  3. 3Definition of “NI domestic gas supply”
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Prices (Domestic Supply) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1st November 2022.

(2)

These Regulations extend to Northern Ireland only.

(3)

In these Regulations, “electricity supply licence” and “gas supply licence” have the meanings given in section 8(3) and (6) of the Energy Prices Act 2022 respectively.

2Definition of “NI domestic electricity supply”

“NI domestic electricity supply” means the supply of electricity under an electricity supply licence—

(a)

to premises at which the supply is taken wholly or mainly for a domestic purpose, or

(b)

to premises not within sub-paragraph (a) but for which the tariff applied is one that the supplier also applies to supply within sub-paragraph (a).

3Definition of “NI domestic gas supply”

“NI domestic gas supply” means the supply of gas, under a gas supply licence, to premises at which the supply is taken wholly or mainly for a domestic purpose.

Signature

Graham Stuart

Minister of State for Climate

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

At 3.35 p.m. on 27th October 2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 5 of the Energy Prices Act 2022 (c. 44) provides for the establishment of schemes to reduce the amount that would otherwise be charged for domestic electricity and gas supply to customers in Northern Ireland. These Regulations define the terms “NI domestic electricity supply” (regulation 2) and “NI domestic gas supply” (regulation 3) for the purposes of the schemes which may be established under that section.

An impact assessment was produced for the Energy Prices Bill and is available from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.