# Gas Act 1986, Section 7AB: Licensing of a person providing a smart meter communication service


(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/ukpga/1986/44/section/7AB (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986/section-7AB
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