Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 1104
Energy
Local Authorities
The Energy Prices (Designated Domestic Energy Price Reduction Schemes for Great Britain and Designated Bodies) Regulations 2022
Made
at 3.34 p.m. on 27th October 2022
Laid before Parliament
at 4.00 p.m. on 31st October 2022
Coming into force
1st November 2022
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1)(a) and (6), 3(1)(a) and (8) and 15(7)(c) of the Energy Prices Act 2022( 1 ).
Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Prices (Designated Domestic Energy Price Reduction Schemes for Great Britain and Designated Bodies) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1st November 2022.
(2) This regulation and regulation 4 extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(3) Regulations 2 and 3 extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
(4) In these Regulations “ the Act ” means the Energy Prices Act 2022 .
Designation of a domestic electricity price reduction scheme for Great Britain
2. The Scheme Document for the Energy Price Guarantee for Domestic Electricity Consumers in Great Britain dated 29th September 2022( 2 ) (including any related arrangements) as they have effect from time to time is a domestic electricity price reduction scheme for Great Britain designated for the purposes of section 2 of the Act.
Designation of a domestic gas price reduction scheme for Great Britain
3. The Scheme Document for the Energy Price Guarantee for Domestic Gas Consumers in Great Britain dated 29th September 2022( 3 ) (including any related arrangements) as they have effect from time to time is a domestic gas price reduction scheme for Great Britain designated for the purposes of section 3 of the Act.
Designation of certain district councils for the purposes of section 15 of the Act
4. Any district council for an area in England for which there is a county council is a designated body for the purposes of section 15 of the Act.
Graham Stuart
Minister of State for Climate
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
At 3.34 p.m. on 27th October 2022
A copy of the Scheme Document is available from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET and online at www.gov.uk .
A copy of the Scheme Document is available from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET.