PART 6Compliance and enforcement: participants

Revocation of registration

32.—(1) Where the Authority is satisfied—

(a)that there has been a material or repeated failure by a participant to comply with an ongoing participant obligation,

(b)a participant has been registered as a result of the provision of information which was incorrect in a material particular, or

(c)there has been a failure to comply with a notice under regulation 30(3),

it may take either of the actions in paragraph (2).

(2) The actions in this paragraph are that the Authority may—

(a)revoke that participant’s registration, or

(b)in the case of a producer of biomethane who is registered as a participant more than once, revoke all of their registrations.

(3) Before revoking a registration under this regulation, the Authority must give a notice to the participant specifying—

(a)the reason for the intended revocation including details of the respect in which the participant has failed to comply or the information was incorrect,

(b)an explanation of the effect of the revocation, and

(c)details of the participant’s right of review under regulation 62.

(4) Where a participant’s registration has been revoked, the Authority—

(a)must update the central register accordingly, and

(b)may refuse to register that person or a connected person as a participant at any future date.