Gas Act 1986, Section 8D is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Any person may apply for certification.
(2)An application for certification—
(a)must be made in writing to the Authority; and
(b)must be made in such form and contain such information as the Authority may specify.
(3)If the application is made F2... and the applicant is a person from a [F3country outside the United Kingdom] or a person controlled by a person from a [F3country outside the United Kingdom], the Authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving the application—
(a)notify the Secretary of State F4... that an application has been made by such a person; and
(b)enclose with the notification F5... any information which, at the time of the notification, the Authority has in its possession and thinks is relevant to the question of whether the security of gas supplies in the United Kingdom F6... would be put at risk by the certification of the applicant.
(4)The Authority may ask an applicant for certification for any further information the Authority thinks is relevant to the application, and the applicant must supply that information if—
(a)it is in the applicant’s possession; or
(b)it is information which the applicant could reasonably be expected to obtain.
(5)The Authority may ask a relevant producer or supplier for any information the Authority thinks is relevant to an application for certification, and the relevant producer or supplier must supply that information if—
(a)it is in the relevant producer or supplier’s possession; or
(b)it is information which the relevant producer or supplier could reasonably be expected to obtain.
(6)A person required to supply information under subsection (4) or (5) must do so by any deadline specified by the Authority.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 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
F2Words in s. 8D(3) 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), 12(a) (with reg. 14) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in s. 8D(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electricity and Gas etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/530), regs. 1(1), 12(b) (with reg. 14) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in s. 8D(3)(a) 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), 12(c) (with reg. 14) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in s. 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), 12(d)(i) (with reg. 14) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in s. 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), 12(d)(ii) (with reg. 14) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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