{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-96",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-96.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Insolvency (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "section/96",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": "Protection of supplies of water, electricity, etc",
  "text": "(1) Article 343 (protection of essential supplies of electricity, gas, water, etc) is amended as follows.\n(2) Paragraph (4) is amended in accordance with subsections (3) to (5).\n(3) After sub-paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aza) a supply of electricity by a class of person within Class A (small supply) or Class B (resale) of Schedule 3 to the Electricity (Class Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/93);”.\n(4) After sub-paragraph (b) insert—\n“(ba) a supply of water by a person who has an interest in the premises to which the supply is given;”.\n(5) After sub-paragraph (c) (and before the words “and in this paragraph”) insert—\n“(d) a supply of communications services by a person who carries on a business which includes giving such supplies;\n(e) a supply of goods or services mentioned in paragraph (5) by a person who carries on a business which includes giving such supplies, where the supply is for the purpose of enabling or facilitating anything to be done by electronic means;”.\n(6) After paragraph (4) insert—\n“(5) The goods and services referred to in paragraph (4)(e) are—\n(a) point of sale terminals;\n(b) computer hardware and software;\n(c) information, advice and technical assistance in connection with the use of information technology;\n(d) data storage and processing;\n(e) website hosting.”.\n(7) In the heading to the Article, after “Supplies of” insert “gas,”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 96 in operation at 25.6.2026, see s. 120(01)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 96 in operation at 25.6.2026, see s. 120(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/6/section/96",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:58.712686+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."
}