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The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023

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CHAPTER 6Notices, EBRS actions, amendment of EBRS Regulations

Notices

81.—(1) Any notice or other communication to be given by the Secretary of State, a supplier or a customer under these Regulations must be given in writing.

(2) Any notice to be given by the Secretary of State under the Regulations (unless it is to be given to a particular supplier or customer) may be given by the Secretary of State publishing the notice in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

EBRS actions

82.  Any decision, communication or other action made, given or taken, before the scheme start date, for the purposes of EBRS, by the Secretary of State, a supplier or a customer, under any of the provisions of the EBRS Regulations set out in the first column of the table in the Schedule 2 shall be treated as if it had been made, given or taken for the purposes of the scheme under the corresponding provision of these Regulations set out in the second column.

Amendment of EBRS Regulations

83.  In regulation 34 of the EBRS Regulations, for paragraphs (2) and (3) substitute—

“(2) In respect of the period after 14th April 2023—

(a)the discount recovery rules may provide—

(i)for the dates of claim windows to be determined and published by the Secretary of State at intervals determined by the Secretary of State, and

(ii)that after the Secretary of State has given notice under regulation 29(5) of the last reconciliation run-off date in respect of any supplier, the Secretary of State need not determine and publish the dates of any claim window that starts after that date;

(b)in determining the dates of claim windows under paragraph (a)(i), the Secretary of State may allow up to 6 months to elapse between the dates on which successive claims windows start;

(c)the requirement in paragraph (1)(b) does not apply, but each claim window must be a period of at least 8 business days.

(3) The dates of claim windows determined in accordance with a rule made under paragraph (2)(a)(i) must be published at least 15 days in advance of the end of each such claim window.”.

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