PART IIGAS SUPPLY AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

Licensing of supply of gas and associated activities

F1Certification8E

1

The Authority must, within the 4 months beginning with the day on which it receives an application for certification, make a F2... decision as to whether F3to certify the applicant.

2

If—

a

the Authority has asked an applicant or a relevant producer or supplier or related conveyance licensee for information under Article 8C(3) or (4); and

b

the information has not been supplied by the date specified by the Authority under Article 8C(5),

then the period of 4 months referred to in paragraph (1) shall be extended by the period of delay in supplying such information.

3

As soon as is reasonably practicable after making the F4... decision under paragraph (1), the Authority must notify the decision and the reasons for it to—

a

the applicant;

b

any related conveyance licensee; F5and

c

the Department; F6...

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4

The Authority must enclose with the notification under paragraph (3) F7(a) or (b) a copy of any report which the Department has prepared under Article 8D in respect of the applicant and which the Authority receives before giving the notification.

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F106

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F87

The Authority must publish its decision to certify or refuse to certify the applicant, together with the reasons for it, in such manner as it considers appropriate.