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Energy Act 2004

Energy Act 2004

2004 CHAPTER 20

Commentary on Sections

Chapter 3: Special Administration Regime for Energy Licensees

Section 165: Grants and loans

399.This section enables the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, to give a grant or loan to a company in energy administration where this appears to the Secretary of State to be appropriate to achieve the objective of energy administration.

400.Subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) enable the Secretary of State to set the terms of a grant or loan including: requiring whole or part of a grant to be repaid if other terms on which the grant is made are breached and setting terms for the grant of any loan – i.e. terms for repayment of a loan, the rates of interest due on it and changing these loan terms by direction.

401.Subsection (6) requires the Secretary of State to secure Treasury consent before giving grants or loans and giving any directions in respect of the terms on which any loan is granted under subsection (5) of this section.

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