Part 4Final provisions
33Licence modifications etc
1
This section applies in relation to a power to make modifications conferred by—
a
section 12(1) (schemes for reducing fuel poverty);
b
section 18(1) (exploitation of electricity trading and transmission arrangements);
c
section 25(1) (notice of unilateral changes to domestic supply contracts).
2
Subsection (5) also applies in relation to the power conferred by section 23(7) (expiry of power conferred by section 18(1)).
3
The power—
a
may be exercised generally, only in relation to specified cases or subject to exceptions (including provision for a case to be excepted only so long as specified conditions are satisfied);
b
may be exercised differently in different cases;
c
includes a power to make incidental, supplemental, consequential or transitional modifications.
4
Provision included in licences by virtue of the power may make different provision for different cases.
5
The Secretary of State must publish details of any modifications as soon as reasonably practicable after they are made.
6
A modification of part of a standard condition of a particular licence does not prevent any other part of the condition from continuing to be regarded as a standard condition for the purposes of Part 1 of the 1986 Act or Part 1 of the 1989 Act.
7
Where the Secretary of State makes a modification of the standard conditions of a licence of any type, the Authority must—
a
make the same modification of those standard conditions for the purposes of their incorporation in licences of that type granted after that time, and
b
publish the modification.