7 Registration: Existing Supply Meter Points

6.5 The Code provides that the Operator will or may reject in certain cases a Supply Meter Point Confirmation; and any reference in this Section L to such a rejection by the Operator is to a rejection in accordance with any such provision of the Code.

6.6 Where the Operator has given Termination Notice (under Section O paragraph 5) to a User, the Operator may decide:

(a) to reduce any of the periods and/or curtail any of the procedures provided for in this Section L in relation to any Supply Meter Point Confirmation by any other User in respect of; or

(b) to implement any other procedure for the registration in the name of any other User (who wishes to become the Registered User) of,

any Supply Meter Points of which the Discontinuing User was the Registered User.

6.7 Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Section L to details to be included in a Supply Meter Point Confirmation are to details which would (if the Proposing User submits a Supply Meter Point Confirmation and/or if the Supply Meter Point Confirmation becomes effective) apply in respect of the Proposed Supply Meter Point Registration.

6.8 The Operator may not accept a request for the User to become a Registered User at a Supply Meter Point where the Tenure Category of the Supply Meter Point on the Supply Meter Point Register is not a Tenure Category assigned to the User under Section O paragraph 2.10

7 Registration: Existing Supply Meter Points

7.1 In relation to a Proposed Supply Meter Point Registration:

(a) an "Existing Supply Meter Point" is a Supply Meter Point which (at the relevant time) is the subject of an existing Supply Meter Point Registration; and

(b) an "Existing Registered User" is a User (who may be the Proposing User) who is the Registered User in respect of an Existing Supply Meter Point.

7.2 A "Supply Meter Point Reconfirmation" is a Supply Meter Point Confirmation submitted by the Existing Registered User of the Existing Supply Point.

8 Registration: Supply Meter Point Confirmations

8.1 A User may submit a Supply Meter Point Confirmation to the Operator in accordance with this paragraph 8.

8.2 By making a Supply Meter Point Confirmation in respect of a Proposed Supply Meter Point the Proposing User:

(a) warrants to the Operator that, as at the Proposed Supply Meter Point Registration Date, there will be in force a contract or contracts for the supply to the consumer of the gas offtaken by such User from the System at the Proposed Supply Meter Point;

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and

(b) agrees (if the confirmation becomes effective) to be the Registered User in respect of the Proposed Supply Meter Point.

8.3 A Supply Meter Point Confirmation may not be made, and the Operator will reject any Supply Meter Point Confirmation submitted in respect of a Proposed Supply Meter Point in respect of which any other Supply Meter Point Confirmation has been made and is (in accordance with paragraph 8.7) outstanding.

8.4 The Operator may reject a Supply Meter Point Confirmation in accordance with Section O paragraph 4.

8.5 The "Proposed Supply Meter Point Registration Date" in respect of a Supply Meter Point Confirmation is the date with effect from which the Proposing User wishes to become the Registered User in respect of the Proposed Meter Supply Point.

8.6 The Proposed Supply Meter Point Registration Date shall be:

(a) not more than 3 months after the Supply Meter Point Confirmation is submitted; and

(b) not less than 15 Business Days after the Supply Meter Point Confirmation is submitted.

8.7 A Supply Meter Point Confirmation shall be outstanding until it is rejected by the Operator in accordance with paragraph 8.9 or lapses in accordance with paragraph 9.6, or (where it becomes effective) until the Supply Meter Point Registration Date.

8.8 A Supply Meter Point Confirmation shall specify:

(a) the identity of the Proposing User;

(b) the Supply Meter Point Reference Number and the Meter Post Code of such Supply Meter Point and the address of the Supply Meter Point Premises;

(c) the Proposed Supply Meter Point Registration Date;

(d) the proposed Supply Meter Point Hourly Offtake Rate and Supply Meter Point Daily Offtake Rate in respect of the Very Large DM Supply Meter Point or DM Supply Meter Point (as applicable) in accordance with paragraph 12; and

(e) where the Supply Meter Point has an Annual Quantity that is equal to or greater than 732,000 kWh (25,000 therms), Emergency Contacts.

8.9 The Operator will reject the Supply Meter Point Confirmation where:

(a) the Supply Meter Point Confirmation is not made strictly in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 8.8,

(b) in the case of paragraph 8.8(b), the Supply Meter Point Reference Number specified

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is not identified in the Supply Meter Point Register with the specified Meter Post Code, or any of the details specified pursuant thereto are not identified in the Supply Meter Point Register with any premises or with the premises identified by any other of such details

(c) the Supply Meter Point is Isolated, and but remains Registered to a User, or

(d) the circumstances in paragraph 8.10(a) or (b) apply,

and the Operator may reject the Supply Meter Point Confirmation where the Supply Meter Point Confirmation does not comply with any other requirement provided for in this Section L or in any other case where such rejection is provided for in the Code.

8.10 The Operator will reject a Supply Meter Point Confirmation (a "relevant" Supply Meter Point Confirmation) where, by reference to the number of Supply Meter Point Confirmations previously submitted by Users on the Day on which the relevant Meter Point Confirmation is submitted where:

(a) the relevant Supply Meter Point Confirmation exceeds the Applicable SMP Daily Limit;

(b) following the SMP Validation Time, the Supply Meter Point Confirmation would exceed the Aggregate SMP Daily Limit.

8.11 For the purposes of paragraph 8.10 a Supply Meter Point Confirmation submitted:

(a) after 17:00 on a Day; or

(b) on a Day other than Business Day.

shall be treated as being submitted on the next following Business Day (and in advance of any Supply Meter Point Confirmation submitted on such Business Day).

8.12 Where the Operator rejects the Supply Meter Point Confirmation, the Operator will, as soon as reasonably practical and in any event within 5 Business Days after receipt of the Supply Meter Point Confirmation, inform the Proposing User of the provision of the Code pursuant to which the Supply Meter Point Confirmation was rejected (and where such rejection was pursuant to paragraph 8.9(a), the requirement of paragraph 8.8 which was not complied with).

8.13 By no later than the 4th Business Day prior to the Supply Meter Point Registration Date, the Proposing User may notify the Operator that they wish to cancel a Supply Meter Point Confirmation (the “Supply Meter Point Confirmation Cancellation”).

8.14 Where the Operator receives a Supply Meter Point Confirmation Cancellation in accordance with paragraph 8.13 the Supply Meter Point Confirmation shall lapse and be of no effect, and the Operator shall so inform the Existing Registered User by no later than the proposed Supply Meter Point Registration Date.

8.15 The Operator will not be concerned with the basis of any Supply Meter Point Confirmation

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