{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986/section-8C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986/section-8C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/44",
  "legislation_title": "Gas Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986",
  "path": "section/8C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8C",
  "heading": "Requirement for certain gas transporters and operators of gas interconnectors to be certified as independent",
  "text": "(1) A person who, for any period on or after the relevant date, holds a licence under section 7 and carries out transmission of gas must ensure that the person is certified by the Authority under section 8F throughout that period.\n(2) A person who, for any period on or after the relevant date, holds a licence under section 7ZA and participates in the operation of a gas interconnector must ensure that the person is certified by the Authority under section 8F throughout that period.\n(3) In subsections (1) and (2) the “relevant date” in respect of a person is 3 March 2012 or any later date before 4 March 2013 which the Authority specifies under subsection (4) or (5) in respect of the person.\n(4) The Authority may specify a later date in respect of a person if—\n(a) the person has asked the Authority to specify a later date;\n(b) the person is not, and is not part of, a vertically integrated undertaking; and\n(c) no senior officer of the person is also a senior officer of a relevant producer or supplier.\n(5) The Authority may also specify a later date in respect of a person if the Authority thinks that, for reasons beyond its and the person’s control, the Authority will not reasonably be able to make a final decision before 3 March 2012 as to whether to certify the person.\n(6) In this section—\n(a) “transmission” has the meaning given by Article 2(3) of the Gas Directive; and\n(b) “vertically integrated undertaking” has the meaning given by Article 2(20) of that Directive.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 8C-8Q and cross-heading inserted (10.11.2011) by The Electricity and Gas (Internal Markets) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2704), regs. 1(1), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/44/section/8C",
    "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."
}