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Section 8D: Application for certification

Gas Act 1986 · 1986 c. 44View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Gas Supply

Any person may apply for certification.

An application for certification—

must be made in writing to the Authority; and
must be made in such form and contain such information as the Authority may specify.

If the application is made ... and the applicant is a person from a country outside the United Kingdom or a person controlled by a person from a country outside the United Kingdom, the Authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving the application—

notify the Secretary of State ... that an application has been made by such a person; and
enclose with the notification ... any information which, at the time of the notification, the Authority has in its possession and thinks is relevant to the question of whether the security of gas supplies in the United Kingdom ... would be put at risk by the certification of the applicant.

The Authority may ask an applicant for certification for any further information the Authority thinks is relevant to the application, and the applicant must supply that information if—

it is in the applicant's possession; or
it is information which the applicant could reasonably be expected to obtain.

The Authority may ask a relevant producer or supplier for any information the Authority thinks is relevant to an application for certification, and the relevant producer or supplier must supply that information if—

it is in the relevant producer or supplier's possession; or
it is information which the relevant producer or supplier could reasonably be expected to obtain.

A person required to supply information under subsection (4) or (5) must do so by any deadline specified by the Authority.

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