The Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Standard conditions of licencesN.I.

11.—(1) Such conditions as may be determined by the Department, and published by it in such manner as it considers appropriate, in relation to licences under sub-paragraph (a), (b) [F1, (c) or (d)] of Article 8(1) shall be standard conditions for the purposes of licences under that sub-paragraph.

[F2(1A) The standard conditions for the purposes of licences under sub-paragraph (a), (b) [F3, (c) or (d)] of Article 8(1) may contain provision—

(a)for any standard condition included in such a licence not to have effect until brought into operation in such manner and in such circumstances as may be specified in or determined under the standard conditions;

(b)for the effect of any standard condition included in such a licence to be suspended in such manner, and in such circumstances, as may be so specified or determined; or

(c)for any standard condition included in such a licence which is for the time being suspended to be brought back into operation in such manner and in such circumstances as may be so specified or determined.]

(2) Subject to[F4 Articles 14(1)(b)] and 18(2)[F2 and to Article 60(5) of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003] [F5and to section 89 of the Energy Act 2023], each condition which by virtue of paragraph (1) is a standard condition for the purposes of licences under sub-paragraph (a), (b) [F6, (c) or (d)] of Article 8(1) shall be incorporated (that is to say, incorporated by reference) in each licence under that sub-paragraph.

(3) F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) The modification under[F8 Article 14(1)(b)] of a condition of a licence shall not prevent so much of the condition as is not modified being regarded as a standard condition for the purposes of this Part.