Qualifying financially disadvantaged customers
51.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of this Part, a customer that was a customer of a supplier on the scheme commencement date is a “qualifying financially disadvantaged customer” or “QFDC” of the supplier if, and for so long, during the scheme period, as—
(a)it continues to be a customer of the supplier on and after the scheme introduction date, and
(b)the supplier supplies it with energy under a deemed contract or an out-of-contract contract.
(2) A customer is not a QFDC for the purposes of this Part if, and for so long, during the scheme period, as—
(a)any qualifying amount due and payable by it under its supply contract has been unpaid for more than 28 days after it became payable, and
(b)in respect of that amount—
(i)the customer has not proposed or accepted a plan for payment, or
(ii)such a plan has been agreed, but the customer has failed to make two or more payments when they fell due under the plan.