Electricity Regulation Act 1999
Determination by Commission following public hearing.
22.—(1) The Commission shall, within a reasonable period from the date of completion of a public hearing, make a determination—
(a) to modify a licence or an authorisation in accordance with the proposed modification set out in the notice issued under section 20(2)(b) or otherwise, or
(b) not to make the modification concerned.
(2) Notice of a determination made under subsection (1) shall be given to the holder of the licence or authorisation concerned and any parties to the hearing and the determination shall be made available by the Commission to any other person on request.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the modification of a licence or authorisation shall be effected—
(a) by serving notice of the modification on the holder of the licence or authorisation concerned, and
(b) by publishing the notice in a newspaper circulating F347[in the State, and (where the proposed modification relates to the Single Electricity Market) in Northern Ireland, and]
(4) A modification of a licence or authorisation shall take effect on the day which is 28 days after the day on which—
(a) service of notice of modification on the holder of the licence or authorisation concerned is effected, or
(b) notice of modification of the licence or authorisation concerned is published in a newspaper circulating in the State.
whichever is the later, unless an appeal is made under section 29(2) in which case the modification shall not come into effect, unless confirmed under section 30(7).
Annotations
Amendments:
F347
Substituted (18.06.2007) by Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Single Electricity Market) Act 2007 (5/2007), s. 16(1)(c), S.I. No. 287 of 2007.
Modifications (not altering text):
C25
Application of ss. 19-22 and 29-31 extended to modified licences for interim period under certain conditions and term “Single Electricity Market” construed (30.07.2017) by Energy Act 2016 (12/2016), s. 7(3)(c), (d), commenced on enactment.
Single Electricity Market: provision in respect of revised arrangements in the State and Northern Ireland
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(3) (a) During the interim period the Commission for Energy Regulation may modify the conditions of a licence or authorisation where the Commission considers it necessary or expedient to do so—
(i) for the purpose of implementing, or facilitating the operation of, the revised arrangements in the State and Northern Ireland, or
(ii) in consequence of, or for giving full effect to, those arrangements.
(b) The power to modify the conditions of a licence or authorisation under this subsection includes the power to make incidental, consequential or transitional modifications.
(c) Where a licence or authorisation is modified under this subsection, sections 19 to 22 and 29 to 32 of the Act of 1999 shall apply in relation to any such modification.
(d) Sections 20(4)(a) and (9), 21(2)(a) and 22(3)(b) of the Act of 1999 shall, for the purposes of this subsection, have effect as if references to the Single Electricity Market included references to the revised arrangements in the State and Northern Ireland.
C26
Application of ss. 19-22 and 29-31 restricted (8.10.2007) by European Communities (Conditions for Access to the Natural Gas Transmission Networks) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 691 of 2007), reg. 3(2).
European Communities (Conditions for Access to the Natural Gas Transmission Networks) Regulations
3. (1) The Commission shall cause every gas transmission licence to contain such terms and conditions as it considers necessary for the purpose of ensuring that every holder of such a licence complies with the provisions of the European Regulation which relate to the provision of access to the transmission system.
(2) Sections 19 to 22 and sections 29 to 31 of the Act of 1999 shall not apply in relation to any modifications made in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Regulation.
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