[F17AB.Licensing of a person providing a smart meter communication serviceE+W+S
(1)Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the Authority may grant a licence authorising a person to provide a smart meter communication service (“a smart meter communication licence”).
(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (5), the Secretary of State may grant a smart meter communication licence.
(3)The Secretary of State may not grant a smart meter communication licence after 1 November 2018.
(4)The first smart meter communication licence may only be granted by the Secretary of State.
(5)A person may not be granted a smart meter communication licence unless the same person is at the same time granted a licence under section 6(1)(f) of the Electricity Act 1989.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 7AB inserted (19.9.2012) by The Electricity and Gas (Smart Meters Licensable Activity) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2400), arts. 1, 21