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<Text>Revenue support regulations may make provision for apportioning sums—</Text>
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<Text>received by a revenue support counterparty from a hydrogen levy administrator under provision made by virtue of <InternalLink Ref="section-70" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/52/section/70" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/section/70">section 70</InternalLink>, or</Text>
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<Text>received by a revenue support counterparty under a revenue support contract,</Text>
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<Text>in circumstances where the revenue support counterparty is unable to fully meet its liabilities under a revenue support contract.</Text>
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<Text>The provision that may be made by virtue of <InternalLink Ref="section-82-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/52/section/82/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/section/82/1">subsection (1)</InternalLink> includes provision about the meaning of “unable to fully meet its liabilities under a revenue support contract”.</Text>
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<Text>In making provision by virtue of <InternalLink Ref="section-82-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/52/section/82/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/section/82/1">subsection (1)</InternalLink>, the Secretary of State must have regard to the principle that sums should be apportioned in proportion to the amounts that are owed.</Text>
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<Text>Revenue support regulations may make provision about the application of sums held by a revenue support counterparty.</Text>
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<Text>The provision that may be made by virtue of <InternalLink Ref="section-82-4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/52/section/82/4" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/section/82/4">subsection (4)</InternalLink> includes provision that sums are to be paid, or not to be paid, into the Consolidated Fund.</Text>
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