C3C4C5C1C2 Part I ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
Pt. I modified (S.) (30.11.2005) by The Electricity from Non-Fossil Fuel Sources (Scotland) Saving Arrangements Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/549), arts. 1(1), 9
Pt. 1 excluded (30.12.2015) by The Port Talbot Steelworks Generating Station Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1984), arts. 1, 7(2) (with art. 26)
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) applied (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3264, regs. 4(2), 5(2)
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (E.W.) (27.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2727, art. 10
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (7.11.2000) by 2000 c. 27, s. 105(1)(a); S.I. 2000/2974, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-12)
Pt. I (ss. 1-64) amended (E.W.) (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2000/2727, art. 10 (as substituted (1.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3268, art. 2(13))
F1Electricity transmission and the operation of electricity interconnectors: independence
Ss. 10A-10O and cross-heading inserted (10.11.2011) by The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2704), regs. 1(1), 5
10DCertification
1
Where the Authority receives an application for certification, it must make a preliminary decision by the relevant deadline as to whether it should certify the applicant.
2
The relevant deadline is the end of the 4 months beginning with the day on which the Authority receives the application; but this is subject to any extension under subsection (3).
3
If, before the deadline mentioned in subsection (2) (or before that deadline as previously extended under this subsection), the Authority asks the applicant or a relevant producer or supplier for information under section 10B(4) or (5), the relevant deadline is the end of the 4 months beginning with the day on which the last of that information is received.
4
As soon as is reasonably practicable after making the preliminary decision the Authority must notify the decision and the reasons for it to—
a
the applicant;
b
the Secretary of State; and
c
the European Commission.
5
The Authority must enclose with the notification under subsection (4)(c) a copy of any report—
a
which the Secretary of State has prepared under section 10C in respect of the applicant; and
b
which the Authority receives before giving the notification.
6
Subsections (7) and (8) apply in relation to the Authority’s final decision under F2Article 51 of the Electricity Regulation as to whether to certify the applicant.
7
As soon as is reasonably practicable after making the final decision the Authority must notify the decision and the reasons for it to—
a
the applicant;
b
the Secretary of State; and
c
the European Commission.
8
If the final decision is to certify the applicant the applicant is to be taken as certified by the Authority under this section.
Pt. I modified (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 184(12), 185(13), 198(2); S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1