Any application under paragraph 88 of Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act must state the grounds on which it is requested that the energy administrator should be removed from office.

Service of the notice of the application must be effected on the energy administrator, the Secretary of State, GEMA, the joint energy administrator (if any), and where there is not a joint energy administrator, to the energy supply company and all the creditors, including any floating charge holders, not less than 5 business days before the date fixed for the application to be heard.

Where a court makes an order removing the energy administrator it must give a copy of the order to the applicant who as soon as reasonably practicable must send a copy to the energy administrator.

The applicant must also within 5 business days of the order being made send a copy of the order to all those to whom notice of the application was sent.

A copy of the order must also be delivered to the registrar of companies within the same time period.