Utilities Act 2000

37 Reports on modification references

(1) Section 13 (reports on modification references) of the 1989 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(c), for “conditions of the licence” there is substituted “relevant conditions”.

(3) In subsection (5)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for the words from “such” to “relates” there is substituted “a report on a reference under section 12(1), send a copy of it to the licence holder”; and

(b) in paragraph (b), for “publish the report” there is substituted “send another copy to the Council and publish that other copy”.

(4) After subsection (5) of that section there is inserted—

“(5A) Subject to subsection (6), the Authority shall—

(a) on receiving a report on a reference under section 12(1A), send a copy of it to the Secretary of State; and

(b) not less than 14 days after that copy is received by the Secretary of State—

(i) send another copy to the Council and to each relevant licence holder; and

(ii) not less than 24 hours after complying with sub-paragraph (i) above, publish the copy sent to the Council in such manner as it considers appropriate for bringing the report to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it.”

(5) In subsection (6) of that section, for the words from “paragraph (b)” to the end there is substituted “subsection (5) or (5A), direct the Authority to exclude that matter from the copy of the report, or (as the case may be) each copy of the report, to be sent and published as mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection.”