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The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023

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Discount recovery rules

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43.—(1) The Secretary of State must make rules about discount recovery.

(2) Rules made under paragraph (1) may in particular make provision about—

(a)establishing arrangements for the making of payments to and by suppliers under this Part, including the notification of bank account details;

(b)the means by which and the form in which a supplier may submit a discount recovery claim, and any other requirements to be met in respect of the claim for it to be a valid discount recovery claim;

(c)the supporting information that a supplier must submit with a discount recovery claim;

(d)the review and validation of the discount recovery claim and initial verification of the supporting information;

(e)any adjustment of the amount of the claim under regulation 41(2);

(f)the payment of recovery claim amounts;

(g)the investigation of discount recovery claims and verification of supporting information after payment has been made;

(h)the correction of errors identified by such further investigation and verification.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), rules made under paragraph (1) must specify the claim windows.

(4) The rules may provide, in respect of claim windows starting after the end of the second scheme period, that such windows, instead of being set out in the rules, are to be determined and published by the Secretary of State at intervals decided by the Secretary of State.

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