PART VLICENCES
New kinds of licences
New kind of electricity transmission licenceI128
1
Part II of the Electricity Order shall be amended as follows.
2
In Article 8(1) (prohibition on unlicensed activities in connection with supply of electricity) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—
b
participates in the transmission of electricity for that purpose; or
3
In Article 8, after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted—
4
For the purposes of this Part, a person participates in the transmission of electricity if—
a
he co-ordinates, and directs, the flow of electricity onto and over a transmission system by means of which the transmission of electricity takes place; or
b
he makes available for use for the purposes of such a transmission system anything which forms part of it.
5
Where different people have different interests in anything which forms part of a transmission system, only the person in actual possession of the thing may be regarded for the purposes of paragraph (4) as making it available for use.
4
In Article 10(1) (licences authorising supply etc.) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—
b
to participate in the transmission of electricity for that purpose; or
5
After Article 10 there shall be inserted—
Transmission licences10A
1
A transmission licence may authorise the holder to participate in the transmission of electricity in any area, or only in an area specified in the licence.
2
The Authority may, with the consent of the holder of a transmission licence, modify any term included in the licence in pursuance of paragraph (1).
3
Without prejudice to the generality of Article 11(1)(a), conditions included in a transmission licence by virtue of that sub-paragraph may—
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.