26(1)The regulations may make provision about the contents of a code manager licence.
(2)Regulations made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) may, in particular—
(a)provide for the Regulator to determine and publish conditions to be included in each code manager licence or in each code manager licence of a particular description;
(b)provide for the Secretary of State to determine and publish conditions to be included in each code manager licence or in each code manager licence of a particular description;
(c)provide for consultation on, and publication of, the conditions proposed to be so determined;
(d)make provision about the inclusion in a code manager licence of conditions that are special to that licence;
(e)make provision about including conditions that meet objectives or other criteria specified in the regulations.
(3)Regulations made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) may, in particular, provide for the following sorts of conditions to be included in a code manager licence—
(a)conditions about the nature of the governance arrangements that the licensed code manager may enter into with persons who hold a heat network authorisation (see paragraph 14(3)(b));
(b)conditions about the content of those governance arrangements, which may include provision about the licensed code manager—
(i)modifying the designated document,
(ii)monitoring or enforcing compliance with the provisions of the designated document, or
(iii)developing guidance relating to the designated document;
(c)conditions about functions of the Regulator in connection with the modification of a designated document;
(d)conditions about providing information to the Regulator;
(e)conditions about complying with directions of the Regulator as to matters specified or of a description specified in the code manager licence;
(f)conditions about the payment of fees to the Regulator, including conditions about the payment of fees—
(i)when a code manager licence is first issued;
(ii)while a code manager licence continues to be in force in relation to a person.
(4)The regulations may, in particular, provide for conditions to be included in a code manager licence that—
(a)in relation to England and Wales or Scotland, impose on the person who holds the licence a requirement of a kind that may be imposed under section 7(3) of the Electricity Act 1989 on the holder of a licence under section 6(1) of that Act;
(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, impose on the person who holds the licence a requirement of a kind that may be imposed under Article 11(3) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)) on the holder of a licence under Article 10(1) of that Order.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 18 para. 26 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 334(2)(l)