Energy Act 2023

84 Enforcement

(1) Revenue support regulations may make provision—

(a) for requirements imposed under the regulations on a GB gas shipper to be enforceable by the GEMA as if they were relevant requirements within the meaning of sections 28 to 30O of that Act;

(b) for requirements imposed under the regulations on a person who holds a licence under Article 8(1)(c) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)) to be enforceable by the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation as if they were relevant requirements within the meaning of Part 6 of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/419 (N.I. 6)).

(2) References in subsection (1) to enforcement include enforcement under the terms of a licence mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection.

(3) Revenue support regulations may make provision for special allocation body requirements (or a subset of such requirements) to be enforceable by the GEMA as if they were relevant requirements within the meaning of sections 28 to 30O of the Gas Act 1986.

(4) In this section “special allocation body requirements” means requirements imposed by or under revenue support regulations or regulations under section 73 on a hydrogen production allocation body, so far as the requirements relate to times when the body holds a licence under section 7AA of the Gas Act 1986 (including requirements in respect of functions of the body that relate to Northern Ireland).