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Article 8D Report where applicant connected with a country outside the United KingdomF1F5

(1)

This Article applies if the Department is notified by the Authority under Article 8C(2) that an application has been made by, or nominating as an independent system operator, a person from a F2country outside the United Kingdom or a person controlled by a person from a country outside the United Kingdom.

(2)

The Department must prepare a report on whether the security of gas supplies in the United Kingdom F3... would be put at risk by the certification of the applicant.

(3)

In preparing the report, the Department 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 F4... country in question.

(4)

The Department must send the report to the Authority within the 6 weeks beginning with the day on which the notification under Article 8C(2) is received by it.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Arts. 8B-8L inserted (15.4.2011) by Gas and Electricity (Internal Markets) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/155), reg. 12

F2

Words in art. 8D(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 108(3) (with reg. 109) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(31)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in art. 8D(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), 108(4) (with reg. 109) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(31)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Word in art. 8D(3)(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), 108(5) (with reg. 109) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(31)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5

Words in art. 8D heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 108(2) (with reg. 109) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(31)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)