Commentary on Sections Part 6: Consumer Protection and Miscellaneous New section 30N: Consumer redress orders: miscellaneous
610.Subsection (1) sets out the rate of interest which will apply in a case where a regulated person has not paid compensation on the date by which that person was required to do so by a consumer redress order.
611.Subsection (2) prohibits the Authority from making a consumer redress order if it is satisfied that proceeding under the Competition Act 1998 is more appropriate.
612.Subsection (3) preserves the Authority’s power to impose a penalty under section 30A of the Gas Act 1986 when making a consumer redress order. Therefore, the power to make a consumer redress order does not prevent the Authority from also imposing a penalty in respect of the same contravention.
613.Subsection (4) prevents a consumer redress order from being made in respect of a contravention which takes place before the Schedule which makes the necessary changes to the Gas Act 1986 is commenced.