Part 1Gas Importation and Storage
Chapter 2Importation and storage of combustible gas
Licensing
6Terms and conditions
1
A licence may be granted on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
2
The provisions of a licence may be expressed by reference to provision made in a Crown lease, and, in particular, may provide—
a
for the commencement of the licence to be conditional upon the commencement of a Crown lease which has been or may be granted in respect of the controlled place to which the licence relates or any part of that place;
b
for the period of the licence to be determined by reference to the period of such a Crown lease.
3
A licence may authorise, in such circumstances and subject to such conditions as are specified, the transfer of the licence to another person (or the inclusion of another person as a joint licence holder).
4
The provisions of a licence may include—
a
provision requiring the licence holder to obtain the prior written consent of the Secretary of State or another person for specified acts or omissions;
b
provision providing that any such consent may be given subject to conditions.
5
The conditions imposed on a consent by virtue of subsection (4)(b) may include conditions requiring, or otherwise providing for, the modification of the licence in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
6
In this section—
“Crown lease” has the same meaning as in section 4;
“specified”, in relation to a licence, means specified in, or determined in accordance with, the licence.