11When price-regulated retail service price determination takes effect and ends

11 When price-regulated retail service price determination takes effect and ends

(1)  A price-regulated retail service price determination (the new determination) that relates to a regulated offer retailer takes effect –

(a) if at the time when the new determination is made there is in force no other such determination in relation to the regulated offer retailer – on the date specified in the new determination as the date on which the determination is to take effect; or

(b) if at the time when the new determination is made there is in force another such determination in relation to the regulated offer retailer, that has not yet reached its expiry date – on the expiry or revocation of the other determination; or

(c) if at the time when the new determination is made there is in force, by reason of subregulation (3) , another such determination in relation to the regulated offer retailer – on the date specified in the new determination as the date on which the determination is to take effect.

(2)  A price-regulated retail service price determination that relates to a regulated offer retailer ceases to have effect –

(a) if the determination is revoked – on the date on which that revocation takes effect; or

(b) if the determination, by reason of subregulation (3) , is continued after the date on which it would normally expire – on the date on which another price-regulated retail service price determination in relation to the retailer takes effect; or

(c) in any other case – on the date specified in the determination as the date on which it expires.

(3)  If, on the date on which a price-regulated retail service price determination is due to expire, a pricing investigation is being conducted for the purposes of regulation 5 , that determination continues to have effect.