Regulation 11 Amendment of Article 7I1

For Article 7 (amendments of network codes) substitute—

“Article 7

Amendments of network codes

1

A national authority may, by regulations, amend a gas network code.

2

The power in paragraph 1 includes power to—

(a)

insert into the gas network code new provision about the same subject-matter as, or related subject-matter to, an existing provision of the gas network code;

(b)

revoke the gas network code or any provision of it, either with or without making replacement provision.

3

Regulations under this Article must be consistent with the objectives of contributing to non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market.

4

Regulations under this Article may—

(a)

include supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision; and

(b)

make different provision for different cases.

5

In this Article, “gas network code” and “national authority” have the same meanings as in Article 6.”.