Part 5Debt management and relief
Chapter 4Debt management schemes
Effect of plans etc.
118Stopping supplies of gas or electricity
1
This section applies in relation to a non-business debtor during a period of protection.
2
In relation to the debtor, a domestic utility creditor is any person who—
a
provides the debtor with a supply of mains gas or mains electricity for the debtor's own domestic purposes, and
b
is a creditor under a qualifying debt that relates to the provision of that supply.
3
No domestic utility creditor is to stop the supply of gas or electricity, or the supply of any associated services, except in the cases in subsections (4) to (7).
4
The first case is where the reason for stopping a supply relates to the non-payment by the debtor of charges incurred in connection with that supply after the start of the period of protection.
5
The second case is where the reason for stopping a supply is unconnected with the non-payment by the debtor of any charges incurred in connection with—
a
that supply, or
b
any other supply of mains gas or mains electricity, or of associated services, that is provided by the domestic utility creditor.
6
The third case is where regulations allow the supply to be stopped.
7
The fourth case is where F1the county court gives permission to stop a supply.
8
F1The county court may give permission for the purposes of subsection (7) subject to such conditions as it thinks fit.
9
A supply of mains gas is a supply of the kind mentioned in section 5(1)(b) of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44).
10
A supply of mains electricity is a supply of the kind mentioned in section 4(1)(c) of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29).