http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/24/section/94Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013An Act to make provision about the UK Green Investment Bank; to make provision about employment law; to establish and make provision about the Competition and Markets Authority and to abolish the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading; to amend the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002; to make provision for the reduction of legislative burdens; to make provision about copyright and rights in performances; to make provision about payments to company directors; to make provision about redress schemes relating to lettings agency work and property management work; to make provision about the supply of customer data; to make provision for the protection of essential supplies in cases of insolvency; to make provision about certain bodies established by Royal Charter; to amend section 9(5) of the Equality Act 2010; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-08-19Expert Participation2025-08-20 Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013specified provision(s)The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Amendment) Order 2013art. 2Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013specified provision(s)The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving Provisions) (Revocation) Order 2015art. 2 PART 6941The Secretary of State may by order make provision for insolvency-related terms of a contract for the supply of essential goods or services to an individual to cease to have effect where—aa voluntary arrangement proposed by the individual is approved under Part 8 of the Insolvency Act 1986, andbany conditions specified in the order are met.2The order must include a condition that ensures that an insolvency-related term of a contract for the supply of essential goods or services to an individual does not cease to have effect unless the supply is for the purpose of a business that is or has been carried on by the individual or with which the individual has or had another connection of a kind specified in the order.3The order must include provision for securing that, where an insolvency-related term of a contract ceases to have effect under the order, the contract may be terminated by the supplier if—athe supervisor of the voluntary arrangement consents to the termination,ba court grants permission for the termination, orcany charges in respect of the supply that are incurred after the voluntary arrangement proposed by the individual is approved are not paid within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which payment is due.4The order must include provision for securing that, where an insolvency-related term of a contract ceases to have effect under the order, the supplier may terminate the supply unless the supervisor of the voluntary arrangement personally guarantees the payment of any charges in respect of the continuation of the supply.5The order may provide for exceptions to the right of a supplier to terminate a supply under provision made by virtue of subsection (4).6The order must (in addition to the provision mentioned in subsections (3) and (4)) include such other provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for securing that the interests of suppliers are protected.7A contract for the supply of essential goods or services is a contract for a supply mentioned in section 372(4) of the Insolvency Act 1986.8An insolvency-related term of a contract for the supply of essential goods or services to an individual is a provision of the contract under which—athe contract or the supply would terminate, or any other thing would take place, because the voluntary arrangement proposed by the individual is approved,bthe supplier would be entitled to terminate the contract or the supply, or to do any other thing, because the voluntary arrangement proposed by the individual is approved, orcthe supplier would be entitled to terminate the contract or the supply because of an event that occurred before the voluntary arrangement proposed by the individual is approved.