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Electricity Act 1989

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[F110IMonitoring and review of certificationU.K.

(1)The Authority must monitor, in respect of each certified person, whether the basis on which the Authority decided to certify the person, including the certification ground on which the person was certified, (the “certification basis”) continues to apply.

(2)If, F2... as result of information it has received or obtained, the Authority thinks that a person from a [F3country outside the United Kingdom] has taken or may take control of a certified person, the Authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable—

(a)notify the information to the Secretary of State F4...; and

(b)enclose with the notification to the Secretary of State any further 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 electricity supplies in the United Kingdom F5... would be put at risk by the continued certification of the person.

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(5)The Authority may F8... review whether the certification basis in respect of a certified person continues to apply if—

(a)the certified person notifies it of any event or circumstance which may affect that basis; or

(b)the Authority thinks that the basis may no longer apply.

(6)A review under subsection (5) is to be carried out within the 4 months beginning with—

(a)if paragraph (a) of subsection (5) applies, the day on which the Authority receives the notification under that paragraph;

(b)otherwise, the first day on which the Authority thinks that the certification basis may no longer apply.

(7)Subsection (8) applies where—

(a)by virtue of section 10F(7) or (9), the Authority has treated the fourth or fifth test under section 10F as passed in relation to a person;

(b)the person is certified in reliance on that treatment; and

(c)the period specified under section 10G as the period at the end of which that treatment will cease comes to an end.

(8)Where this subsection applies, the Authority must review whether that test is now passed.

(9)A review under subsection (8) is to be carried out within the 4 months beginning with the end of the period mentioned in subsection (7)(c).]

[F9(10)If, before any of the deadlines mentioned in subsection F10..., (6) or (9) (or before such deadline as previously extended under this subsection), the Authority asks the certified person or a relevant producer or supplier for information under section 10J(2) or (3), the relevant deadline is the end of the 4 months beginning with the day on which the last of that information is received.]

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