The tech will come with a warrant giving them right to access.
"B(1) Smart Meter Rollout Obligations
4. Currently, energy suppliers are subject to licence conditions imposing an obligation to take all reasonable steps (ARS) to install smart meters at each domestic premises or designated premises in respect of which it is the supplier by 31 December 2020 (“the ARS Obligation”): see Electricity Standard Licence Condition 39; Gas Standard Licence
Condition 33.1.
5. On 18 June 2020, BEIS (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy) announced its decision as to the regulatory obligations which will apply from 1 January 2021, when the ARS Obligation is due to expire (“the BEIS Decision”):
5.1. Given delays to installation and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, BEIS has decided to extend the ARS Obligation for a further six months to 30 June 2021.
5.2. Thereafter, from 1 July 2021 to the end of the rollout programme on 30 June 2025, suppliers will be subject to percentage rollout targets which must be met, subject to a
specific tolerance level, towards a final target of 100% rollout."
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/defau...nsultation.pdf