24(1)In subsection (1) of section 26 of the 1986 Act (modification following report), for the words “the conditions of the authorisation”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ the relevant conditions ”.E+W+S
(2)After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1A)Where at any time the Director modifies under subsection (1) above the standard conditions of licences under section 7 above, licences under subsection (1) of section 7A above or licences under subsection (2) of that section, he—
(a)shall also make (as nearly as may be) the same modifications of those conditions for the purposes of their incorporation in licences under that section or, as the case may be, that subsection granted after that time; and
(b)may make such incidental or consequential modifications as he considers necessary or expedient of any conditions of licences under that provision granted before that time;
and the above reference to subsection (1) above is a reference to that subsection as it applies in relation to a report on a reference under section 24(1A) above.”
(3)In subsection (4) of that section, for the words “public gas supplier” there shall be substituted the words “ holder of the licence or, as the case may be, the relevant licence holders, to the Health and Safety Executive ”.
(4)After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(5)Where at any time the Director modifies standard conditions under subsection (1A)(a) above for the purposes of their incorporation in licences under section 7 or 7A(1) or (2) above granted after that time, he shall publish the modifications in such manner as he considers appropriate.”