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32 this Act and its licence, and on terms and conditions approved by the Authority.

(2) Any existing agreement under which any person supplies and sells electricity to a non-contestable consumer shall cease to have effect from the appointed day.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall have the effect of extinguishing any right or liability of any party under the existing agreement referred to in that subsection where such right or liability had accrued on the appointed day.

(4) A market support services licensee shall not discontinue the provision of market support services to any non-contestable consumer except in accordance with its licence.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be taken as requiring a market support services licensee to procure a supply of electricity to the premises of any non-contestable consumer if—
 * (a) it is prevented from doing so by circumstances not within its control;
 * (b) circumstances exist by reason of which its doing so would or might involve the market support services licensee or any other electricity licensee being in breach of this Act, and the market support services licensee or other electricity licensee has taken all reasonable steps to prevent the circumstances from occurring and to prevent them from having that effect; or
 * (c) any building on the premises has been erected in contravention of any written law or is in a ruinous or dangerous condition.

Tariffs set by market support services licensee for non-contestable consumers

22.—(1) Subject to this section, the prices to be charged by a market support services licensee and to be paid by non-contestable consumers for the supply of electricity shall be in accordance with such tariffs as may be set from time to time by the market support services licensee in accordance with the conditions of its electricity licence and with the approval of the Authority.