Section 27D Time limit for determinationsF1

United Kingdom

(1)

An order determining F2a section 27B dispute (whether made under section 27C or made under or by virtue of any other provision of this Act) shall be made within the permitted period.

(2)

Subject to subsection (3), the permitted period is the period of two months beginning with the day on which the dispute is referred to the Authority.

(3)

Where the person determining the dispute requests further information from anyone for the purposes of determining the dispute, the person may, by giving notice to the parties, extend the permitted period—

(a)

by two months, or

(b)

with the agreement of the complainant, by a longer period.

(4)

If a person refers a dispute to the Authority, or purports to do so, and the Authority gives to that person a notice—

(a)

specifying information which it requires in order to assess whether the dispute is F3a section 27B dispute, or whether there is a dispute at all, and

(b)

requesting the person to provide that information,

the dispute shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (2) as not referred to the Authority until the information is provided.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Ss. 27B-27D and cross-heading inserted (29.6.2009) by The Gas and Electricity (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1349), regs. 1(1), 2
F2: Words in s. 27D(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 33(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in s. 27D(4)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 33(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on Part I

Modifications

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Pt. I: definition of "public gas supplier" applied (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 208(3)(b), 225(2) (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)

Pt. I: definition of "public gas supplier" applied (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 178, 225(2), Sch. 22 para. 1(4)(e) (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)

Pt. I applied (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 6(7); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2

Pt. I applied (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 1; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2

Notes on Section 27B disputes

Textual amendments

F2: S. 27B cross-heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 30; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)