# The Electricity and Gas (Smart Meters Licensable Activity) Order 2012, Article 21: Insertion of section 7AB (licensing of a person providing a smart meter communication service)


After section 7A, insert—
“Licensing of a person providing a smart meter communication service
7AB. (1) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the Authority may grant a licence authorising a person to provide a smart meter communication service (“a smart meter communication licence”).
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (5), the Secretary of State may grant a smart meter communication licence.
(3) The Secretary of State may not grant a smart meter communication licence after 1 November 2018.
(4) The first smart meter communication licence may only be granted by the Secretary of State.
(5) A person may not be granted a smart meter communication licence unless the same person is at the same time granted a licence under section 6(1)(f) of the Electricity Act 1989.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111527412/article/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-smart-meters-licensable-activity-order-2012/article-21
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