1.—(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.—(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(1) 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.
(3) In this regulation, “electricity supply licence” means a licence granted under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989(2).
3.—(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(3).
Malcolm Wicks
Minister of State for Energy,
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
23rd April 2008