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(1)The GEMA must, each year, prepare and publish a statement setting out a strategic direction for designated documents.
(2)A statement prepared and published under subsection (1) is referred to in this Part as a “strategic direction statement”.
(3)A strategic direction statement must in particular—
(a)contain a strategic assessment of government policies, and of developments relating to the energy sector, that the GEMA considers will or may require the making of modifications to designated documents;
(b)cover such other matters relating to designated documents as the Secretary of State may specify in regulations.
(4)In preparing a strategic direction statement, the GEMA must have regard to any advice given to it by the Independent System Operator and Planner so far as relevant to the matters referred to in subsection (3).
(5)Before publishing a strategic direction statement in any year, the GEMA must—
(a)publish a notice containing a draft of the document,
(b)send a copy of the notice to the persons listed in subsection (6), and
(c)consider any representations about the draft made within the period specified in the notice.
(6)The persons referred to in subsection (5)(b) are—
(a)the Secretary of State;
(b)the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux;
(c)the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux;
(d)Consumer Scotland.
(7)A notice under subsection (5) must be published by the GEMA in whatever way it considers appropriate for the purpose of bringing the matters contained in it to the attention of persons likely to be affected by them.
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