The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023

Interpretation of this Chapter

51.—(1) For the purposes of this Chapter—

(a) “Chapter 2 arrangement” means an arrangement of the kind described in regulation 52(1)(b);

(b) a “declaration period” is the period between the initial declaration date and the first periodic declaration date, or between a later periodic declaration date and the next periodic declaration date;

(c) the “initial declaration date” in respect of a supply contract is—

(i) the scheme introduction date, if on that date the customer has made a Chapter 2 arrangement and is party to the supply contract;

(ii) in any other case, the date on which the customer—

(aa) enters into the supply contract, having already made a Chapter 2 arrangement, or

(bb) makes a Chapter 2 arrangement, being already a party to the supply contract;

(d) “periodic declaration dates” are dates chosen by the supplier, falling at intervals of not more than one month, of which the first must be not more than 31 days after the initial declaration date and the last must be the last day of the second scheme period;

(e) references to the storage of electricity include the use of electricity to create potential energy which is used at a different time to generate electricity.