Article 8J Report as to any connection of a certified person with a country outside the United KingdomF1F5
This Article applies if the Department is notified by the Authority under Article 8I(3) that a person from F2a country outside the United Kingdom has taken or may take control of a certified person or (in relation to a certified person) a person designated as an independent system operator.
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 continued certification of the person.
In preparing the report, the Department must take into account—
any relevant international law; and
any relevant agreement between the government of the United Kingdom and the government of the F4... country in question.
The Department must prepare the report and send it to the Authority within the 6 weeks beginning with the day on which the notification is received.
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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. 8J(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 114(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in art. 8J(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), 114(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F4
Word in art. 8J(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), 114(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F5
Words in art. 8J heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 114(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)