# Finance Act 2000, Paragraph 5

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Levy is chargeable on a supply of electricity if—
(a) the supply is made by an electricity utility, and
(b) the person to whom the supply is made—
(i) is not an electricity utility, or
(ii) is the utility itself.
(2) Levy is chargeable on a supply made from a combined heat and power station of electricity produced in the station if—
(a) the station is a partly exempt combined heat and power station,
(b) the supply is not one that is deemed to be made under paragraph 23(3) (self-supply by producer), and
(c) the person to whom the supply is made is not an electricity utility.
(2A) Levy is chargeable on a supply of electricity if—
(a) the supply is made by an exempt unlicensed electricity supplier who is an auto-generator or who is of a description prescribed by regulations made by the Treasury,
(b) the electricity was produced in a generating station owned by the supplier using commodities which were the subject of a deemed supply under paragraph 24A or which would have been the subject of such a supply had the reference in paragraph 24A(1)(a) to Great Britain been a reference to the United Kingdom instead,
(c) the supply is not a deemed supply under paragraph 23(3), and
(d) the person to whom the supply is made is not an electricity utility.
(3) Levy is chargeable on a supply of electricity that is deemed to be made under paragraph 20(6)(a), 20B(6)(a), 23(3) , 24 or 43B.
(4) Except as provided by sub-paragraphs (1) to (3), levy is not chargeable on a supply of electricity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/17/schedule/6/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2000/schedule-6/paragraph-5
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