Final report from Duty to Supply, Contracts and Information workgroup.
‘deemed contract’ - means a contract to supply gas or electricity (or both), under these Terms. These Terms only apply if you are a small or medium enterprise (SME) customer, and using our electricity or gas services (or both) at your premises, without entering into a formal agreement with us for those services.  Given the uncompetitive nature of deemed contracts, transparency and access to terms and conditions is considered to be necessary. Summary: Remove the requirement set out under SLC 28(5) to send the Authority a copy of deemed contracts or revisions to deemed contracts. Summary: Retain the requirements for deemed contracts to include the terms set out under SLC 28(9). Remove the provision from the licence under SLC 28(10) that allows suppliers to include additional termination provisions that do not derogate from those required in Deemed contract prices. Deemed contract prices apply if we supply a site with electricity and/or gas and a contract has not been agreed. It applies until a contract is put in place or we stop supplying the site. You can find pricing for these contracts in the downloads below.  Tim Speed explains. The law on deemed electricity supply contracts-where power is supplied to a customer without a formal contract having been drawn up, commonly when the ownership or occupation of a premises changes-is hazy. The act also allows suppliers to incorporate their own terms and conditions into deemed contracts, including parties' rights and obligations, price, payment terms and so on. This wording leaves it open to question whether electricity actually has to be consumed by the customer for a deemed contract to come into play. Deemed Contracts – Final report from Duty to Supply, Contracts and Information workgroup This document summarises the views of the Duty to Supply, Contracts and Information workgroup on the requirement for deemed contracts to be regulated in the supply SLCs. Summary: Retain the requirements for deemed contracts to include the terms set out under SLC 28(9). Remove the provision from the licence under SLC 28(10) that allows suppliers to include additional termination provisions that do not derogate from those required in Typically a deemed contract will occur where a customer moves into a new property and has not agreed contractual terms with a supplier who is supplying energy to that property or where a fixed term contract expires and there are no explicit provisions for terms and conditions for the period immediately after expiry. Summary: Retain the requirements for deemed contracts to include the terms set out under SLC 28(9). Remove the provision from the licence under SLC 28(10) that allows suppliers to include additional termination provisions that do not derogate from those required in 1. If a contract is terminated (by either the supplier or the customer) but the supplier continues to supply the customer, there is likely to be a deemed contract if: 1  the original contract does not expressly say what will happen after termination. 2. Where a contract expires but the customer is still using gas, electricity, or both from the same supplier, a deemed contract is likely to exist if: 1  the original contract does not expressly say what will happen after expiry, (eg it does not contain renewal provisions or state that the original terms still apply). If a contract is terminated (by either the supplier or the customer) but the supplier continues to supply the customer, there is likely to be a deemed contract if: 1  the original contract does not expressly say what will happen after termination. A contract is a legally enforceable promise or undertaking that something will or will not occur. The word promise can be used as a legal synonym for contract, although care is required as a promise may not have the full standing of a contract, as when it is an agreement without consideration. While a contract is being performed, it is called an executory contract, and when it is completed it is an executed contract. In some cases there may be substantial performance but not complete performance, which allows the performing party to be partially compensated. A deemed contract is normally in place when any type of customer moves into new premises and starts to consume gas, electricity, or both, without agreeing a contract with a supplier. A deemed contract may also exist where an existing contract comes to an end but the customer continues to consume energy. If a contract is terminated (by either the supplier or the customer) but the supplier continues to supply the customer, there is likely to be a deemed contract if: 1  the original contract does not expressly say what will happen after termination.
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