Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the burden of proof required by an energy supplier is to demonstrate they are acting as a last resort in seeking a warrant to install a prepayment meter.
Under the applicable statutory framework, in order to grant an application to enforce a right of entry, a justice must be satisfied that:
The justice must be satisfied on the balance of probabilities that these grounds apply. The legislation, which the Justice of the Peace must apply, does not require the energy supplier to demonstrate they are acting as a last resort in seeking a warrant to install a prepayment meter to avoid disconnecting the customer’s supply.