Part 7: Market Reform and Consumer Protection Section 212: Levy to fund electricity support payments
This section makes provision allowing for the funding of the payments and scheme provided for in section 211, including the appointment and role of an administrator (which may or may not be the same administrator as is appointed under section 211).
	Subsection (1) enables the Secretary of State to make regulations requiring levy payments from electricity suppliers for purpose of funding both the electricity support payments in section 211 and any other costs arising out of that provision. This includes the costs of the administration of the levy as well as the support payment scheme and might include, for example, the funding of administrative and enforcement costs.
	Subsection (2) sets out a number of specific provisions which may be included in such regulations, including around determining the levy rate to be applied to individual suppliers, establishing the process by which the levy is paid by suppliers, providing for the sharing of information, enforcement and dispute resolution.
	Subsection (3) requires that, where such regulations provide for enforcement through a fine, they must also provide for a right of appeal.
	Subsections (4) and (7) between them make provision for regulations to determine the appointment, functions, remuneration and termination of an administrator for the levy, including that such a person cannot be appointed without their consent.
	Subsection (5) allows that where the administrator is the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority ("GEMA"), such regulations may make provision for GEMA to enforce obligations under the scheme against regulated persons (defined in section 25(8) of the Electricity Act 1989) as if they were "relevant requirements" for the purposes of the Electricity Act 1989.
	Subsection (6) allows for payments owed under these regulations to be enforced as a civil debt.
	Subsection (8) allows regulations to make provision for the transition from one administrator to another, allowing continuation of the functions of the administrator if there is a change in the identity of that person.
	Subsection (9) clarifies that the regulations may confer a discretion on the levy administrator or the Secretary of State.
	Subsection (10) requires that such regulations must be made subject to the affirmative procedure.
	Subsection (11) defines "electricity supplier" by reference to section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989.