Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022

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Definitions

1. In this Act—

“Act of 1999” means the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 ;

“Commission” means the Commission for Regulation of Utilities;

“distribution system operator” means the holder of a licence granted under section 14(1)(g) of the Act of 1999;

“domestic electricity account” means an electricity account in respect of which a meter point registration number has been assigned and which—

(a) is held by a final customer with an electricity supplier, and

(b) is identified by the distribution system operator as being subject to distribution use of system charges at the rate for urban domestic customers (DG1) or the rate for rural domestic customers (DG2) set out in the publication known as the “ESB Networks Schedule of Distribution Use of System Charges” approved by the Commission and for the time being in place;

“effective date” has the meaning given to it by section 4 (1)(e);

“electricity costs emergency benefit payment” has the meaning given to it by section 5 (2);

“electricity supplier” means the holder of a licence granted under paragraph (b) or (h) of section 14(1) of the Act of 1999;

“final customer” has the same meaning as it has in section 2(1) of the Act of 1999;

“meter point registration number” means the unique eleven digit number assigned to an electricity account and meter;

“Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications;

“payment period” means each of the following:

(a) the period commencing on 1 November 2022 and ending on 31 December 2022,

(b) the period commencing on 1 January 2023 and ending on 28 February 2023, and

(c) the period commencing on 1 March 2023 and ending on 30 April 2023;

“prescribe” means prescribe by regulations made by the Minister under this Act;

“relevant date” has the meaning given to it by section 4 (1)(a);

“relevant period” means the period commencing on the date of the passing of this Act and ending on 30 June 2023;

“Scheme” means the Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Scheme II established under section 2 .