PART 2SPECIAL ADMINISTRATION REGIME FOR PROTECTED ENERGY COMPANIES
Licence modifications relating to energy administration
31Modification of particular or standard conditions
1
Where the Department considers it appropriate to do so in connection with the provision made by this Part, it may make—
a
modifications of the conditions of a gas or electricity licence held by a particular person;
b
modifications of the standard conditions of such licences of any type.
2
The power to make modifications under this section includes power to make incidental, consequential or transitional modifications.
3
Before making a modification under this section, the Department must consult—
a
the holder of any licence being modified; and
b
such other persons as the Department considers appropriate.
4
Subsection (3) may be satisfied by consultation that took place wholly or partly before the commencement of this section.
5
The Department must publish every modification made by it under this section.
6
The publication must be in such manner as the Department considers appropriate.
7
A modification under subsection (1)(a) of part of a standard condition of a licence does not prevent any other part of the condition from continuing to be regarded as a standard condition for the purposes of the Gas Order or the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (NI 1).
8
Where the Department makes modifications under subsection (1)(b) of the standard conditions of licences of any type, the Authority must—
a
make (as nearly as may be) the same modifications of those standard conditions for the purposes of their incorporation in licences of that type granted after that time; and
b
publish the modifications in such manner as it considers appropriate.
9
The Department’s powers under this section are exercisable only during the 18 months beginning with the commencement of this section.
10
In this section—
“electricity licence” means a licence under Article 10 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992;
“gas licence” means a licence under Article 8 of the Gas Order.