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Section 8M Report as to any connection of certified person with a country outside the United KingdomF1F4

(1)

This section applies if the Authority notifies information to the Secretary of State under section 8K(2) in respect of a certified person.

(2)

The Secretary of State must prepare a report on whether the security of gas supplies in the United Kingdom F2... would be put at risk by the continued certification of the person.

(3)

The Secretary of State must prepare the report and send it to the Authority within the 6 weeks beginning with the day on which the notification is received.

(4)

If, before the Secretary of State sends the report to the Authority, the Authority receives information under section 8L(2) or (3) and thinks that the information is relevant to the preparation of the report, the Authority must supply that information to the Secretary of State as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(5)

In preparing the report, the Secretary of State must take into account—

(a)

any relevant international law; and

(b)

any relevant agreement between the government of the United Kingdom and the government of the F3... country in question.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

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

F2

Words in s. 8M(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 19(3) (with reg. 20) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Word in s. 8M(5)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 19(4) (with reg. 20) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Words in s. 8M heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 19(2) (with reg. 20) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on Part I

Modifications

C1

Pt. I: definition of "public gas supplier" applied (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 208(3)(b), 225(2) (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)

Pt. I: definition of "public gas supplier" applied (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 178, 225(2), Sch. 22 para. 1(4)(e) (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)

Pt. I applied (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 6(7); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2

Pt. I applied (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 1; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2