http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/454/regulation/62The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023enENERGY, NORTHERN IRELANDStatute Law Database2024-07-04Expert Participation2024-03-27 These Regulations, which apply in Northern Ireland, establish the Energy Bills Discount Scheme for Non-Domestic Customers in Northern Ireland (“EBDS”). EBDS is a scheme for reducing the costs, to non-domestic customers, of being supplied with electricity or gas (“energy”) by a supplier that holds a supply licence under the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 or Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. PART 4Adjustment of discount or supply quantity in certain casesCHAPTER 4Declarations to be made where customer is making energy available to end users outside Northern IrelandCustomer declaration where this Chapter applies 62 1 A customer must, as soon as practicable and in any event within 21 days after the initial declaration date— a determine whether this Chapter applies in respect of a supply contract to which it is party, and b if it so determines, send to the supplier a declaration to that effect. 2 A supplier must, when it enters into a supply contract, or for a supply contract which it has entered into before the scheme introduction date, within 45 days after the scheme introduction date— a determine whether either of the circumstances in regulation 61(1)(a) applies, b if either circumstance applies, give the customer notice of that determination, and c draw this Chapter to the attention of the customer, unless the customer has already sent a declaration under paragraph (1)(b). Reg. 62 in force at 26.4.2023, see reg. 1(1)
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