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Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007

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4“Designated consumers”

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(1)In this Part “designated consumers” means—

(a)consumers in relation to gas conveyed through pipes or electricity conveyed by distribution systems or transmission systems, and

(b)consumers in relation to relevant postal services.

(2)The Secretary of State may, by order, amend subsection (1) so as—

(a)to make any description of consumers within subsection (3) “designated consumers” for the purposes of this Part;

(b)to provide for any description of consumers to cease to be “designated consumers” for those purposes.

(3)The consumers within this subsection are consumers in England and Wales in relation to services provided by a water undertaker, a sewerage undertaker or a licensed water supplier, in its capacity as such.

(4)Before making an order under subsection (2), the Secretary of State must consult—

(a)the Council,

(b)in the case of a relevant order, the Scottish Ministers,

(c)the Welsh Ministers, and

(d)such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(5)For this purpose a “relevant order” is an order which relates to any description of—

(a)consumers in relation to gas conveyed through pipes or electricity conveyed by distribution systems or transmission systems, or

(b)consumers in relation to relevant postal services.

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