{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020/article-97",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020/article-97.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/629",
  "legislation_title": "The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020",
  "path": "article/97",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Notice of intention to resign",
  "text": "(1) The SMCL administrator must give at least five business days’ notice of the SMCL administrator’s intention—\n(a) to resign in a case falling within Rule 96(1); or\n(b) to apply for the court’s permission to resign in a case falling within Rule 96(2).\n(2) The notice must be delivered—\n(a) to the Secretary of State;\n(b) to GEMA;\n(c) if there is a continuing SMCL administrator of the SMCL, to that continuing SMCL administrator; and\n(d) if there is no such SMCL administrator, to the SMCL and its creditors, including any floating charge holders.\n(3) The notice must—\n(a) be headed “Notice of intention to resign as SMCL administrator”; and\n(b) include immediately below the heading—\n(i) the full name, registered address, registered number and any other trading names of the SMCL; and\n(ii) details of the court where the proceedings are and the relevant court reference number.\n(4) The notice must also include—\n(a) the date of the appointment of the SMCL administrator;\n(b) the name of the person who made the SMCL administration application; and\n(c) the date with effect from which the SMCL administrator intends to resign; or the date on which the SMCL administrator intends to file with the court an application for permission to resign.\n(5) The notice must be accompanied by a summary of the SMCL administrator’s receipts and payments.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/629/article/97",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:29:12.067094+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."
}