SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Amendments of legislation

PART 2Northern Ireland legislation

I112Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

In Article 63 (general restrictions on disclosure of information)—

a

in paragraph (1)(a)—

i

for “or Part II” substitute “, Part II”;

ii

after “Gas Order” insert “, a relevant scheme or regulations made under section 11(1) or (2) or section 16 of the Energy Prices Act 2022”;

b

in paragraph (3), after paragraph (b) insert—

ba

it is required by any person in exercise of a power to require information conferred by regulations under section 16 of the Energy Prices Act 2022;

c

after paragraph (7) insert—

7A

Paragraph (1) does not apply to a disclosure of information which has been obtained—

a

under or by virtue of a relevant scheme if it is made by a person in connection with that person’s performance of the terms of that relevant scheme;

b

under or by virtue of regulations made under section 11(1) or (2) of the Energy Prices Act 2022 if the disclosure is made by a person in connection with the exercise of that person’s functions under the regulations.

d

after paragraph (10) insert—

11

In this Article “relevant scheme” means—

a

a domestic electricity price reduction scheme for Northern Ireland, or

b

a domestic gas price reduction scheme for Northern Ireland,

established under section 5 of the Energy Prices Act 2022.