Electricity Regulation Act 1999

64

F456[Provisions supplemental to decisions of High Court

64.(1) The decision of the High Court on an appeal under section 62 or an application made under section 63 is final except that the Commission or the specified body the subject of the decision may, by leave of the Court or the Court of Appeal, appeal against the decision to the Court of Appeal on a specified question of law.

(2) Where the High Court confirms or gives a decision under section 62(3) or 63(2), the Commission shall, as soon as is practicable after the decision is confirmed or given, as the case may be, give notice in writing of the decision to the specified body the subject of the decision.

(3) Any amount specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of major sanction in section 55 due to the Commission pursuant to a decision confirmed or given under section 62(3) or 63(2), as the case may be, by the High Court shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform may direct.

(4) The Commission may recover, as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction, from the person by whom it is payable any amount due and owing to the Commission pursuant to a decision confirmed or given under section 62(3) or 63(2), as the case may be, by the High Court.]

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F456

Inserted (28.04.2014) by Energy Act 2016 (12/2016), s. 5, S.I. No. 171 of 2017.