PART 3Amendments to the Gas Act 1986
Insertion of section 7AB (licensing of a person providing a smart meter communication service)21
After section 7A27, insert—
Licensing of a person providing a smart meter communication service7AB
1
Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the Authority may grant a licence authorising a person to provide a smart meter communication service (“a smart meter communication licence”).
2
Subject to subsections (3) and (5), the Secretary of State may grant a smart meter communication licence.
3
The Secretary of State may not grant a smart meter communication licence after 1 November 2018.
4
The first smart meter communication licence may only be granted by the Secretary of State.
5
A person may not be granted a smart meter communication licence unless the same person is at the same time granted a licence under section 6(1)(f) of the Electricity Act 198928.