[F1Report where applicant connected with a country outside the [F2United Kingdom] N.I.
8D.—(1) This Article applies if the Department is notified by the Authority under Article 8C(2) that an application has been made by, or nominating as an independent system operator, a person from a [F3country outside the United Kingdom] or a person controlled by a person from a [F3country outside the United Kingdom].
(2) The Department must prepare a report on whether the security of gas supplies in the United Kingdom F4... would be put at risk by the certification of the applicant.
(3) In preparing the report, the Department must take into account—
(a)any relevant international law; and
(b)any relevant agreement between the government of the United Kingdom and the government of the F5... country in question.
(4) The Department must send the report to the Authority within the 6 weeks beginning with the day on which the notification under Article 8C(2) is received by it.]
F1Arts. 8B-8L inserted (15.4.2011) by Gas and Electricity (Internal Markets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/155), reg. 12
F2Words in art. 8D heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 108(2) (with reg. 109) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(31)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in art. 8D(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 108(3) (with reg. 109) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(31)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in art. 8D(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 108(4) (with reg. 109) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(31)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Word in art. 8D(3)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 108(5) (with reg. 109) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(31)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)