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Require
electricity and gas suppliers to compensate customers whose supplier
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is erroneously transferred;
and for connected purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Amendment
of the Gas Act 1986 |
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(1) |
The Gas Act 1986 (c. 44)
is amended as follows. |
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(2) |
After section 30F insert— |
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“30G Compensation
for erroneous transfers |
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The Secretary of State shall
make regulations regarding the payment by |
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licence
holders of compensation in respect of the erroneous transfer of
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(2) |
Regulations under subsection
(1) may make provision for— |
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the
circumstances in which compensation is payable; |
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(b) |
the
amounts payable in compensation; |
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(c) |
the
definition of “erroneous transfer”; and |
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such
other matters the Secretary of State considers appropriate. |
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(3) |
Before making regulations
under subsection (1) the Secretary of State |
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shall
consult the Authority and such other organisations he considers
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Amendment
of the Electricity Act 1989 |
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(1) |
The Electricity Act 1989
(c. 29) is amended as follows. |
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After
section 27F insert— |
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“27G Compensation
for erroneous transfers |
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(1) |
The Secretary of State shall
make regulations regarding the payment by |
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licence
holders of compensation in respect of the erroneous transfer of
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(2) |
Regulations under subsection
(1) may make provision for— |
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(a) |
the
circumstances in which compensation is payable; |
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(b) |
the
amounts payable in compensation; and |
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(c) |
the
definition of “erroneous transfer”; |
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(d) |
such
other matters the Secretary of State considers appropriate. |
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(3) |
Before making regulations
under subsection (1) the Secretary of State |
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shall
consult the Authority and such other organisations he considers
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Power Supply (Compensation for Erroneous |
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