In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Electricity Act 1989;

• “appropriate meter” shall have the meaning given to that term in paragraph 1(6) of Schedule 7 to the Act;

• “the Authority” means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority;

• “customer” means any person supplied or requiring to be supplied with electricity at any premises in Great Britain;

• “metering costs” means the cost associated with ascertaining by an appropriate meter the quantity of electricity supplied to a customer by an authorised supplier; and

• “unmetered supply” means a supply of electricity to premises which is given otherwise than through an appropriate meter.