1 Citation, commencement and extent
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity and Gas (Billing) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 17th May 2008.
2 These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.

2 Modification of electricity supply licences
1 The standard conditions of electricity supply licences are modified by the insertion of the standard condition appearing in Schedule 1.
2 The conditions which by virtue of section 33 of the Utilities Act 2000 are the standard conditions for the purposes of electricity supply licences granted after these Regulations come into force are modified by the insertion of the standard condition appearing in Schedule 1.
2000 c.27, section 33 was amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 19 to the Energy Act 2004 (c.20) and section 7(7)(a) and (b) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c.19).
3 In this regulation, “electricity supply licence” means a licence granted under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989.
1989 c.29, section 6 was substituted for the original by section 30 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27).

3 Modification of gas supply licences
1 The standard conditions of gas supply licences are modified by the insertion of the standard condition appearing in Schedule 2.
2 The conditions which by virtue of section 33 of the Utilities Act 2000 are the standard conditions for the purposes of gas supply licences granted after these Regulations come into force are modified by the insertion of the standard condition appearing in Schedule 2.
3 In this regulation, “gas supply licence” means a licence granted under section 7A(1) of the Gas Act 1986.
1986 c.44, section 7A was inserted by section 6(1) of the Gas Act 1995 (c.45) and subsequently amended by section 3(2) and paragraphs 1 and 2(1) of Schedule 6 to the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), and by section 149(1) and (7) of the Energy Act 2004 (c.20).
Malcolm Wicks Minister of State for Energy, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 23rd April 2008