The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 629

Insolvency, England And Wales

Companies

The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020

Made

19th June 2020

Laid before Parliament

24th June 2020

Coming into force

1st August 2020

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 411 of the Insolvency Act 1986(1) and section 159(3) of the Energy Act 2004(2) as applied by section 4 of the Smart Meters Act 2018(3), with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and, in the case of those rules that affect court procedure, of the Lord Chief Justice, and after consulting the committee existing for that purpose under section 413 of the Insolvency Act 1986(4):

(1)

1986 c.45, as amended by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c.40) and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26). By virtue of S.I. 2017/540, some of the amendments made by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 do not apply for the purposes of proceedings under the Energy Act 2004 (c.20). Section 411 of the Insolvency Act 1986 was amended by S.I. 2002/1037 and the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), Schedule 4, paragraph 188. Section 411(3) was amended by S.I. 2007/2194 and the Banking Act 2009 (c.1), section 160. There are other amending Acts and instruments, but none is relevant.

(2)

2004 c.20. Section 159(3) was amended by the Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), section 97 and the Smart Meters Act 2018 (c. 14), section 5.

(3)

2018 c.14.

(4)

Section 413 was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), Schedule 4, paragraph 190; the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22), Schedule 9, paragraph 93 and S.I. 2018/130. There are other amending Acts, but none is relevant.