Electricity Act 1989

[F144DTime limit for determinationsE+W+S

(1)An order determining [F2a section 44B] dispute (whether made under section 44C or made under or by virtue of any other provision of this Act) shall be made within the permitted period.

(2)Subject to subsection (3) F3..., the permitted period is the period of two months beginning with the day on which the dispute is referred to the Authority.

(3)Where the person determining the dispute requests further information from anyone for the purposes of determining the dispute, the person may, by giving notice to the parties, extend the permitted period—

(a)by two months, or

(b)with the agreement of the complainant, by a longer period.

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(6)If a person refers a dispute to the Authority, or purports to do so, and the Authority gives to that person a notice—

(a)specifying information which it requires in order to assess whether the dispute is [F6a section 44B] dispute, or whether there is a dispute at all, and

(b)requesting the person to provide that information,

the dispute shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (2) as not referred to the Authority until the information is provided.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 44B-44D and cross-heading inserted (E.W.S.) (29.6.2009) by The Gas and Electricity (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1349), regs. 1(1), 3