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PART 8Information and assistance requirements

Supplies of electricity, gas and fuel under Part 8

61.  In this Part except articles 62 and 63, information which may be requested or required in respect of a supply of electricity, gas or fuel includes information relating to all sections of Schedule 1.

Information on half hourly meters and amount of supplies

62.—(1) This article applies to a public body or undertaking (“A”) which—

(a)during a qualifying year of a phase is supplied with electricity measured by a settled half hourly meter; and

(b)is not required to register, or is not a member of a group required to register, as a participant.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), A is supplied with electricity where that supply is made in accordance with sections 1 to 3 of Schedule 1.

(3) A must provide to the administrator in respect of the qualifying year of a phase the information described in paragraph (4) and do so in respect of—

(a)the first phase, on or before 30th September 2010; and

(b)the second and subsequent phases, within 6 months of the beginning of the phase.

(4) The information referred to in paragraph (3) is—

(a)the information in paragraph 2 of Schedule 5, as applicable to A;

(b)a list of the settled half hourly meters which measure the supply of electricity to A and the identification numbers of those meters; and

(c)in respect of the supply of electricity to A measured by settled half hourly meters and non-settled half hourly meters—

(i)whether or not the supply equalled or exceeded 3000 MWh and, if it did, the amount of the supply; and

(ii)if the supply exceeded 6000 MWh, why A is not required to register as a participant and which deductions, if any, under section 4 or 5 of Schedule 1 apply.

(5) Unless otherwise agreed by the administrator, the information must be provided using the Registry.

Information on electricity and gas supplied from authorised suppliers holding a licence

63.—(1) A participant may request in writing the following information from those authorised suppliers of electricity or gas which hold a licence to make such a supply—

(a)the amount of electricity or gas supplied to the participant in the year in which the request is made; and

(b)how much, if any, of that supply has been estimated by the supplier and the period to which such an estimate relates.

(2) Where such an authorised supplier receives such a request, the supplier must reply in writing within 6 weeks of the end of the year of the phase to which the information relates.

Information from electricity suppliers

64.—(1) The administrator may by notice require an electricity supplier to provide it with information as if—

(a)it was a notice provided for in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act; but

(b)in respect of such a notice—

(i)section 50(2) of the Act did not apply; and

(ii)the modifications in paragraph (2) apply.

(2) The modifications referred to in paragraph (1) are that—

(a)the purpose for which the power may be exercised is to identify public bodies or undertakings which should or should not be participants in the scheme;

(b)reference to the environmental authority in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act is a reference to the administrator;

(c)in paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4 to the Act, the date referred to must not be earlier than two months after the date of the notice; and

(d)paragraphs 4(3) and 5 of that Schedule do not apply.

Assistance by occupiers

65.—(1) Where paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 applies, A may request B (where A and B are as described in that paragraph) to provide A with such reasonable assistance as A may require to comply with Part 2 or to comply with A’s obligations as a participant.

(2) B must comply with the request within a reasonable time.

Information and assistance by franchisees

66.—(1) Where paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 1 applies, the franchisor may request the franchisee to provide it with such reasonable information and assistance as it may require to comply with Part 2 or to comply with the franchisor’s obligations as a participant.

(2) The franchisee must comply with the request within a reasonable time.

Information and assistance: public bodies

67.—(1) This article applies where an applicant or a participant is a group of public bodies.

(2) In paragraph (3), “A” means the public body under article 73(4) or (5) in whose name the compliance account in the Registry is, or is to be, set up.

(3) A may request any other member (“B”) of the group to provide A with such reasonable information and assistance as A may require to comply with Part 2 or to comply with its obligations as a participant.

(4) B must comply with the request within a reasonable time.