Propose a change

Energy Prices Act 2022

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

Change 1

What to do with it
As published

22 Power of Secretary of State to give directions

(1) The Secretary of State may exercise a power conferred by this section if the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so— (a) in response to the energy crisis, or (b) in connection with— (i) this Act, (ii) regulations under this Act, (iii) a domestic energy price reduction scheme (including its establishment, modification or revocation), or (iv) anything done or proposed to be done under, or given effect by, section 13, any other provision of this Act or regulations under this Act. (2) The Secretary of State may give a person who is subject to directions under this section— (a) a direction of a general character; (b) a direction to do (or not do) a specific thing. (3) The following are subject to directions under this section— (a) the Northern Ireland Regulator; (b) a person who holds an energy licence. (4) A direction under this section— (a) must be in writing; (b) may be varied or revoked by a subsequent direction given by the Secretary of State. (5) So far as a direction under this section conflicts with the requirements of an enactment or instrument or with any duty which arises otherwise than under an enactment or instrument the requirements are or the duty is to be disregarded. (6) In this section “energy licence” means— (a) a licence for the purposes of section 4 of the Electricity Act 1989; (b) a licence for the purposes of section 5 of the Gas Act 1986; (c) a licence granted under Article 10 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)); (d) a licence granted under Article 8 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)).

Your change, as a redline

22 Power of Secretary of State to give directions

(1) The Secretary of State may exercise a power conferred by this section if the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so— (a) in response to the energy crisis, or (b) in connection with— (i) this Act, (ii) regulations under this Act, (iii) a domestic energy price reduction scheme (including its establishment, modification or revocation), or (iv) anything done or proposed to be done under, or given effect by, section 13, any other provision of this Act or regulations under this Act. (2) The Secretary of State may give a person who is subject to directions under this section— (a) a direction of a general character; (b) a direction to do (or not do) a specific thing. (3) The following are subject to directions under this section— (a) the Northern Ireland Regulator; (b) a person who holds an energy licence. (4) A direction under this section— (a) must be in writing; (b) may be varied or revoked by a subsequent direction given by the Secretary of State. (5) So far as a direction under this section conflicts with the requirements of an enactment or instrument or with any duty which arises otherwise than under an enactment or instrument the requirements are or the duty is to be disregarded. (6) In this section “energy licence” means— (a) a licence for the purposes of section 4 of the Electricity Act 1989; (b) a licence for the purposes of section 5 of the Gas Act 1986; (c) a licence granted under Article 10 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)); (d) a licence granted under Article 8 of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)).

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.

Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.

Sign in to file it

Think it through

Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.

Questions to start with
Think it through
Legal information from the published text, not advice for your case. Check the sources. Find a law · What the register holds