Section 38B: Passing of benefits to ultimate consumer

Electricity Act 1989 · 1989 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

This section applies for the purposes of section 38A(4)(h).

"Pass-through provision" is provision that—

applies where—
one person ("the intermediary") receives benefits under the scheme in connection with qualifying premises, and
another person ("the end-user") who is not living as part of the same household as the intermediary consumes electricity supplied to the premises, and
requires the intermediary to pass on the substance of those benefits to the end-user.

"Associated provision" means provision that relates to pass-through provision and—

requires intermediaries to take steps to obtain benefits that will be subject to the requirement referred to in subsection (2)(b),
requires intermediaries to supply information to end-users,
provides for the making of payments to intermediaries (in addition to the provision of benefits of the sort mentioned in section 38A(1)), or
provides for the withdrawal or recovery of benefits given or other payments made to intermediaries who fail to comply with the requirement referred to in subsection (2)(b).

For the purposes of subsection (2)(a)(ii), the cases in which electricity is consumed by a person include those in which the electricity is used to make available to the person heating, cooling, hot water or energy.

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