The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020

CHAPTER 5 Notices advertised otherwise than in the Gazette

Notices otherwise advertised under the 1986 Act or these Rules

178.—(1) Where under the 1986 Act or these Rules a notice may be advertised otherwise than in the Gazette, in addition to any content specifically required by the 1986 Act or any other provision of these Rules, the content of such a notice must be as set out in this Chapter.

(2) All notices must specify insofar as it is applicable in relation to the particular notice—

(a) the name and postal address of the SMCL administrator;

(b) the capacity in which the SMCL administrator is acting;

(c) either an email address, or a telephone number, through which the SMCL administrator may be contacted;

(d) the registered name of the SMCL;

(e) the SMCL’s registered number;

(f) any name under which the SMCL was registered in the 12 months before the date on which the SMCL entered SMCL administration; and

(g) any name or style (other than the SMCL’s registered name) under which—

(i) the SMCL carried on business; and

(ii) any debt owed to a creditor was incurred.

Non-Gazette notices – other provisions

179.—(1) Information which this Chapter requires to be specified in a notice must be included in an advertisement of that notice in a way that is clear and comprehensible.

(2) Information required under this Chapter to be included in a notice may be omitted if it is not reasonably practicable to obtain it.