{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986/section-7AA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986/section-7AA.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/44",
  "legislation_title": "Gas Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986",
  "path": "section/7AA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7AA",
  "heading": "Licensing of a person carrying out gas system planner functions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the Authority may grant a licence authorising a person to carry out planning and forecasting functions of the Independent System Operator and Planner (“a gas system planner licence”).\n(2) Subject to subsection (4), the Secretary of State may grant a gas system planner licence.\n(3) The first gas system planner licence may only be granted by the Secretary of State.\n(4) A person may not be granted a gas system planner licence unless either of the following paragraphs applies to the person—\n(a) the person—\n(i) already holds an electricity system operator licence, or\n(ii) is treated as holding such a licence by virtue of a direction under section 167 of the Energy Act 2023;\n(b) the person is granted an electricity system operator licence, or is treated by virtue of a direction under section 167 of the Energy Act 2023 as having been granted such a licence, at the same time as the person is granted a gas system planner licence.\n(5) In this section—\n“electricity system operator licence” means a licence under section 6(1)(da) of the Electricity Act 1989;\n“planning and forecasting functions of the Independent System Operator and Planner” has the meaning given by section 5(10A).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7AA inserted (31.1.2024) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), ss. 168(3), 334(1); S.I. 2024/32, reg. 3(a)(v)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/44/section/7AA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:56:01.836902+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."
}