The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE Modifications of standard conditions of licences granted under the Gas Act 1986

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule, “gas supply licence” means a licence granted under section 7A(1) of the Gas Act 1986 (supply licences)(1).

Standard conditions of gas supply licences

2.—(1) The standard conditions of a gas supply licence are amended as follows.

(2) In condition 5 (provision of information to Authority and data retention), for paragraph 5.6 substitute “5.6 [Omitted].”.

(3) In condition 21B (billing based on meter readings), after paragraph 21B.5, insert—

“21B.5A The licensee must, where the Domestic Customer has a meter where access to remote readings for the licensee is enabled, offer to provide or make available accurate monthly billing information based on consumption, and subsequently provide or make available such billing information where requested by the Domestic Customer. ”.

(4) In condition 22 (duty to offer and supply under domestic supply contract), in paragraph 5—

(a) in sub paragraph (d), after “charges” insert “including in relation to a Tied Bundle”; and

(b) in sub paragraph (e), after “Contract” insert “including in relation to a Tied Bundle”.

(5) In condition 24 (termination of domestic supply contracts), after paragraph 3, insert—

“24.3A Any Termination Fee payable pursuant to paragraph 24.3 must be—

(a) proportionate; and

(b) must not exceed the direct economic loss to the licensee resulting from the Domestic Customer’s termination of the Contract, including the costs of any Non-Energy Product comprised in any Tied Bundle that has already been provided to the Domestic Customer as part of the Contract.”.

(6) In condition 27 (payments, security deposits, disconnections and final bills)—

(a) in paragraph 5, for “The licensee” substitute “Subject to 27.5A, the licensee”;

(b) after paragraph 5, insert—

“27.5A Without prejudice to any other right or obligation under this licence, the licensee must not charge the Domestic Customer for providing the facilities or information set out in paragraph 27.6.”.

(7) In condition 31H (relevant billing information, bills and statements of account)—

(a) in paragraph 12, in sub paragraph (b), for “; and” substitute “, ensuring that where a breakdown of the Domestic Customer’s price is presented in bills that breakdown corresponds with the three main components set out in the table contained in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) 2016/1952 of 26 October 2016 on European statistics on natural gas and electricity process and repealing Directive 2008/92/EC;”;

(b) in paragraph 12, in sub paragraph (c), after “due” insert “; and”; and

(c) after sub paragraph 31H.12(c), insert—

“(d) if the Domestic Supply Contract or Deemed Contract provides for a future change of the product or price this must be indicated on the bill together with the date on which the change takes place”.

(1)

Section 7A(1) has been amended; the only relevant amending legislation is the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45); Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27); and Energy Act 2004 (c. 20).