Section 10K: Report as to any connection of certified person with a country outside the United Kingdom

Electricity Act 1989 · 1989 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

This section applies if the Authority notifies information to the Secretary of State under section 10I(2) in respect of a certified person.

The Secretary of State must prepare a report on whether the security of electricity supplies in the United Kingdom ... would be put at risk by the continued certification of the person.

The Secretary of State must prepare the report and send it to the Authority within the 6 weeks beginning with the day on which the notification is received.

If, before the Secretary of State sends the report to the Authority, the Authority receives information under section 10J(2) or (3) and thinks that the information is relevant to the preparation of the report, the Authority must supply that information to the Secretary of State as soon as is reasonably practicable.

In preparing the report, the Secretary of State must take into account—

any relevant international law; and
any relevant agreement between the government of the United Kingdom and the government of the ... country in question.

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