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| | For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| | | Energy contract rollovers for small businesses |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must make regulations to require Ofgem to amend |
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| | | Standard License Condition 7A (SLC7A) to limit energy contract rollovers for |
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| | | small businesses to 30 days. |
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| | | (2) | The power to make regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument. |
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| | | (3) | A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made |
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| | | unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution |
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| | | of each House of Parliament. |
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| | | (4) | The regulations under subsection (1) shall provide for the 30-day limit to come |
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| | | into force after the publishing of a report by Ofgem on the practice of out of |
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| | | contract rates and the related altering of supplier license conditions, following the |
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| | | (5) | In this section, “small business” means a business— |
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| | | (i) | fewer than 10 employees (or full-time equivalent), and |
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| | | (ii) | an annual turnover or annual balance sheet not exceeding 2 |
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| | | (b) | which uses less than 293,000 kWh of gas per year and 100,000 kWh of |
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| | | “energy contract roll-over” means the transfer by an energy supplier of a |
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| | | consumer nearing the end of a fixed term, fixed rate tariff, to another |
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| | | fixed rate for a further fixed period without the customer actively |
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| | | indicating his or her desire to do so.’. |
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