The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2023

Declaration verification service

37.—(1) The Administrator must—

(a) provide a means by which a relevant authority may provide the Administrator with information about a declaration the relevant authority has made under any one of articles 16 to 18; and

(b) maintain a record of that information.

(2) A participant may apply to the Administrator for a determination by the Administrator as to whether a copy of a declaration purporting to be made by a relevant authority under any one of articles 16 to 18 (“the purported declaration”) matches any declaration about which a record is maintained by the Administrator under paragraph (1)(b).

(3) An application under paragraph (2) must—

(a) be in writing;

(b) be made before 1st July 2026; and

(c) include a copy of the purported declaration.

(4) Following receipt of an application under paragraph (2), the Administrator must—

(a) if the requirements in paragraph (3) are met—

(i) determine whether the purported declaration matches any declaration about which a record is maintained by the Administrator under paragraph (1)(b); and

(ii) notify the participant of the outcome of that determination;

(b) if the requirements in paragraph (3) are not met—

(i) reject the application; and

(ii) notify the participant of the reasons for the rejection.