Guidance

Core fuel sector resilience measures: criminal and civil sanctions

Criminal and civil sanctions under the Energy Act 2023 for breaches of core fuel sector resilience measures, and the procedure for entering into enforcement undertakings.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Published: 14 November 2024
• Last updated: 28 November 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Draft: Core fuel sanctions guidance

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-5266-7, E03234515 11/24

PDF, 381 KB, 22 pages

Draft: Core fuel sanctions guidance

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-5266-7, E03234515 11/24

HTML

Explanatory memorandum on the draft Core fuel sanctions guidance

PDF, 211 KB, 5 pages

Details

This draft guidance outlines both the civil and criminal offences under Part 12 of the Energy Act 2023. It is designed to improve compliance with the measures, setting out:

• the statutory obligations
• the enforcement regime which core fuel sector participants may be subject to should an offence be committed
• the circumstances in which the Secretary of State may take action, and how they will exercise their functions in relation to enforcement undertakings
• how the procedure for enforcement undertakings will work in practice

The guidance relates to those carrying out core fuel sector activities under section 268 of the Act as well as the offences under sections 271, 275 and 280.

See the 2024 consultation on this guidance.

Published 14 November 2024
Last updated 28 November 2024 + show all updates

1. 28 November 2024

   Added an explanatory memorandum.

2. 14 November 2024

   First published.