C3C4C5C1C2 Part I ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. I (ss. 1-64) applied (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3264, regs. 4(2), 5(2)

C2

Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (E.W.) (27.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2727, art. 10

Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (7.11.2000) by 2000 c. 27, s. 105(1)(a); S.I. 2000/2974, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-12)

Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (E.W.) (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2000/2727, art. 10 (as substituted (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3268, art. 2(13))

Consumer protection: standards of performance

F2F142B Procedures for dealing with complaints.

1

Each public electricity supplier shall establish a procedure for dealing with complaints made by his customers or potential customers in connection with the provision of electricity supply services.

2

No such procedure shall be established, and no modification of such a procedure shall be made, unless—

F3a

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b

the proposed procedure or modification has been approved by the Director.

3

The supplier shall—

a

publicise the procedure in such manner as may be approved by the Director; and

b

send a description of the procedure, free of charge, to any person who asks for one.

4

The Director may give a direction to any public electricity supplier requiring the supplier to review his procedure or the manner in which it operates.

5

A direction under subsection (4) above—

a

may specify the manner in which the review is to be conducted; and

b

shall require a written report of the review to be made to the Director.

6

Where the Director receives a report under subsection (5)(b) above, he may, after consulting the supplier, direct him to make such modifications of—

a

the procedure; or

b

the manner in which the procedure operates,

as may be specified in the direction.

7

Subsection (2) above does not apply to any modification made in compliance with a direction under subsection (6) above.