The Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 No. 275 (NI. 2)

PART II N.I. GAS SUPPLY AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

Licensing of supply of gas and associated activities N.I.

Prospective

[F1 Licences under Article 8(1)(a) N.I.

8A.— (1) A licence under Article 8(1)(a) may authorise the holder to participate in the conveyance of gas in any area, or only in an area specified in the licence.

(2) The Authority may, with the consent of the holder of a licence under Article 8(1)(a), modify any term included in the licence in pursuance of paragraph (1).

(3) Conditions included in a licence under Article 8(1)(a) by virtue of Article 10(1)(a) may (without prejudice to the generality of that sub-paragraph)—

(a) require the licence holder not to carry on an activity which he would otherwise be authorised by the licence to carry on; or

(b) restrict where he may carry on an activity which he is authorised by the licence to carry on.]

F1 Art. 8A inserted (prosp.) by Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/419 (N.I. 6)), arts. 1(2), 30(5)