Legislation – Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025
Part 1Infrastructure
Chapter 2Electricity infrastructure
Connections to the electricity transmission and distribution systems
15Scope of modification power under section 14
(1)
The power conferred by section 14(1) to “modify” includes power to amend, add to or remove (and, in particular, includes power to make a person a party to an agreement or to discharge a party from its obligations under an agreement); and references in section 14, this section and section 16 to modification are to be construed accordingly.
(2)
The power conferred by section 14(1)—
(a)
may be exercised generally, only in relation to specified cases, or subject to exceptions (including by making provision for a case to be excepted only so long as specified conditions are satisfied);
(b)
may be exercised differently for different purposes or areas;
(c)
includes power to make incidental, supplementary, consequential or transitional modifications.
(3)
Provision included in an electricity licence by virtue of section 14(1)(a) or (c)—
(a)
may include provision of a kind mentioned in section 7 of the Electricity Act 1989;
(b)
need not relate to the activities authorised by the licence.
(4)
The modification under section 14(1) of part of a standard condition of an electricity 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 Electricity Act 1989.
(5)
If under section 14(1) a relevant authority modifies the standard conditions of an electricity licence of a particular type, the GEMA must make the same modifications of those standard conditions for the purposes of their incorporation in electricity licences of that type granted after that time.
(6)
Provision included in an electricity licence by virtue of section 14(1)(b) may in particular include provision about the circumstances in which the licence may be revoked or suspended.
(7)
Provision included in an agreement by virtue of section 14(1)(e) or (f) may in particular include provision—
(a)
requiring specified conditions to be met before the taking of particular steps under the agreement;
(b)
about the procedure for varying the agreement.
(8)
In section 33 of the Utilities Act 2000 (standard conditions of electricity licences), in subsection (1)—
(a)
omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (k), and
(b)
“, or
(m)
under section 14 of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025.”