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.