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(1)Section 15 of the 1989 Act (modification of licences by order under enactments other than the 1989 Act) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), for “the conditions of a licence” there is substituted “ the conditions of a particular licence, or the standard conditions of licences of any type mentioned in section 6(1), ”.
(3)After subsection (2) there is inserted—
“(2A)The modification under subsection (1) of part of a standard condition of a particular licence shall not prevent any other part of the condition from continuing to be regarded as a standard condition for the purposes of this Part.
(2B)Where the Secretary of State modifies under subsection (1) the standard conditions of licences of any type—
(a)he shall also make (as nearly as may be) the same modifications of those conditions for the purposes of their incorporation in licences of that type granted after that time; and
(b)he may, after consultation with the Authority, make such incidental or consequential modifications as he considers necessary or expedient of any conditions of any licence of that type granted before that time.
(2C)Where at any time the Secretary of State modifies standard conditions under subsection (2B)(a) for the purposes of their incorporation in licences granted after that time, he shall publish those modifications in such manner as he considers appropriate.”
(4)In subsection (2)(a), after “transmission” there is inserted “ , distribution ”.
(5)In subsection (2)(b), for the words from “and” to the end of the paragraph there is substituted “and at least one of the two or more enterprises—
(i)which ceased to be distinct enterprises; or
(ii)in the application of that provision as it has effect by virtue of section 75(4)(e) of that Act, which would cease to be distinct enterprises,
was or, as the case may be, is engaged in the carrying on of activities authorised or regulated by a licence. ”
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I1S. 40 wholly in force at 1.10.2001; s. 40 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 110(2); s. 40 in force at 1.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)
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