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Regulation 9 Provision of information by suppliersI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary of State may direct scheme electricity suppliers to provide information to the Secretary of State about their domestic customers for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of the power in regulation 6(1).

(2)

If a direction is given, it—

(a)

must be given to all scheme electricity suppliers F1, except for any scheme electricity supplier to whom information may not be disclosed under section 36(1) of the Digital Economy Act 2017;

(b)

must specify the information to be provided;

(c)

may specify a date on which, or by which, the information is to be provided;

(d)

may specify the form in which the information is to be provided.

F2(3)

A direction may only be given to a scheme electricity supplier if—

(a)

regulations are in force under section 142 of the Pensions Act 2008 and those regulations authorise the scheme electricity supplier to disclose to the Secretary of State the information specified in the direction; or

(b)

the scheme electricity supplier is authorised by section 37 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 to disclose to the Secretary of State the information specified in the direction.

(4)

A scheme electricity supplier must comply with a direction under paragraph (1).

(5)

If a notice given to a scheme electricity supplier under regulation 6(1) specifies a person who is not a core group customer, or whom the supplier is unable to identify as a core group customer, the supplier must notify the Secretary of State within 30 days after receiving the notice.

(6)

If, in relation to a scheme year, a scheme electricity supplier does not provide the prescribed rebate to one or more core group customers, the supplier must notify the Authority of—

(a)

the number of core group customers to whom the supplier has not provided the prescribed rebate;

(b)

the reasons why the supplier has not provided the prescribed rebate to those persons; and

(c)

any steps taken by the supplier to attempt to provide the prescribed rebate to those persons.

F3(7)

For F4scheme years 6 to 11, a scheme electricity supplier must, within the period specified in paragraph (8), notify the Authority of the number of prescribed rebates provided, or treated as being provided, by the supplier under this Part in the scheme year which are undelivered as at the date of the notification.

(8)

The period specified for the purposes of paragraph (7) is—

(a)

for scheme year 6, the period beginning on 1st July 2017 and ending on 30th September 2017;

(b)

for scheme year 7, the period beginning on 1st April 2018 and ending on 31st August 2018.

F5(c)

for each subsequent scheme year, the period following the end of the scheme year beginning on 1st April and ending on 31st August.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 9(2)(a) inserted (15.8.2018) by The Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/909), regs. 1, 9(a)

F2

Reg. 9(3) substituted (15.8.2018) by The Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/909), regs. 1, 9(b)

F3

Reg. 9(7)(8) inserted (23.7.2016) by The Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/806), regs. 1, 9

F4

Words in reg. 9(7) substituted (25.6.2021) by The Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/667), regs. 1, 8

F5

Reg. 9(8)(c) inserted (15.8.2018) by The Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/909), regs. 1, 9(d)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 9 in force at 1.4.2011, see reg. 1(2)