[F12(1)Where a customer has not, within the requisite period, [F2made all the relevant payments], the supplier may—E+W+S
(a)install a pre-payment meter on the premises; or
(b)disconnect the premises,
and the supplier may recover any expenses incurred in so doing from the customer.
[F3(1A)A payment is a relevant payment for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) if it is due from the customer to an electricity supplier—
(a)in respect of the supply of electricity to any premises or the provision of an electricity meter; or
(b)under a green deal plan (within the meaning of section 1 of the Energy Act 2011) in respect of the premises.]
(2)The power of a supplier under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b) may not be exercised—
(a)as respects any amount which is genuinely in dispute (disregarding for this purpose a dispute under section 39 or regulations made under it); and
(b)unless not less than seven working days’ notice has been given to the occupier of the premises (or the owner of the premises if they are unoccupied) of his intention to exercise it.
(3)In this paragraph the “requisite period” means the period of 28 days after the making by the supplier of a demand in writing for [F4the relevant payments to be made].]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6 substituted (20.12.2000 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.10.2001) by 2000 c. 27, s. 51(2), Sch. 4; S.I. 2000/3343, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-15) (as amended by S.I. 2001/1780, art. 2); S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-12)
F2Words in Sch. 6 para. 2(1) substituted (28.1.2013) by Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), ss. 24(3), 121(1); S.I. 2013/125, art. 3(a)
F3Sch. 6 para. 2(1A) inserted (28.1.2013) by Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), ss. 24(4), 121(1); S.I. 2013/125, art. 3(a)
F4Words in Sch. 6 para. 2(3) substituted (28.1.2013) by Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), ss. 24(5), 121(1); S.I. 2013/125, art. 3(a)