Commentary on Sections Part 2: Electricity Market Reform Chapter 6: Access to markets etc Section 54: Licence modifications under sections 49 and 50: further provisions
278.This section sets out additional provisions that apply to both sections 49 and 50 and clarifies how these licence modification powers may be exercised.
279.Subsection (1) allows the Secretary of State to provide for a new document to be required to be prepared and maintained in accordance with the conditions of a licence. This would enable the Secretary of State to create a new industry code, for example to set out the detailed arrangements of an auction in which suppliers or generators are obliged, by the conditions of their licences, to participate.
280.Subsection (2) requires the Secretary of State to consult affected licensees, the Authority, and other relevant persons, before making modifications under section 49 or 50.
281.See also section 64, which sets out other general provision on licence and code modification powers.