{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023/section-246",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023/section-246.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/52",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023",
  "path": "section/246",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "246",
  "heading": "Power to amend licence conditions etc: procedure",
  "text": "(1) Before making a modification, the Secretary of State must consult—\n(a) the holder of any licence being modified,\n(b) the GEMA, and\n(c) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\n(2) Subsection (1) may be satisfied by consultation before, as well as by consultation after, the passing of this Act.\n(3) The Secretary of State must specify the date upon which any modification is to have effect.\n(4) The Secretary of State must publish details of any modifications as soon as reasonably practicable after they are made.\n(5) In this section “modification” means a modification under section 245.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 246 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 334(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 246 in force at 11.1.2024 by S.I. 2024/32, reg. 2(b)(iii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/section/246",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:50:44.989649+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}