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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3E+W+S Other amendments of Part I of 1986 Act

Validity and effect of ordersE+W+S

29(1)In subsection (1) of section 30 of the 1986 Act (validity and effect of orders), for the words “public gas supplier” there shall be substituted the words “ licence holder ”.E+W+S

(2)For subsection (2) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(2)On any such application the court, if satisfied that the making or confirmation of the order was not within those powers or that the interests of the licence holder have been substantially prejudiced by a failure to comply with those requirements—

(a)may quash the order or any provision of the order; or

(b)if and to the extent that the application related to so much of an order as imposes a monetary penalty, may substitute a monetary penalty of such lesser amount as the court considers appropriate in all the circumstances of the case.