The Electricity Supply Regulations 1988

Notification of supply failure

35.—(1) Every supplier shall send to the Secretary of State notice in accordance with paragraph (2) of failures of supply of which two days prior notice has not been given where there has been—

(a) any single interruption of supply to one or more consumers of 20 megawatts or more for a period of one minute or longer; or

(b) any single interruption of supply to one or more consumers of 5 megawatts or more for a period of one hour or longer; or

(c) any single interruption of supply to 5,000 or more consumers for a period of one hour or longer.

(2) The notice shall—

(a) be sent by the earliest practicable means after the failure becomes known to the supplier;

(b) contain the particulars specified in Schedule 5.

(3) The notice shall be Sent to the Secretary of State notwithstanding that the supplier is unable to give the full particulars required by Schedule 5 and any particulars omitted shall be sent by the supplier in a supplementary notice to the Secretary of State by the earliest practicable means after they became known to the supplier.