Part 2: Revenue collection contracts Section 29: Licence modifications
This sets out the Secretary of State’s power to make licence modifications in connection with the RAB revenue stream.
	Subsection (1) provides the Secretary of State with the power to modify particular transmission and distribution licences, the standard conditions of such licences and documents maintained in accordance with conditions of such licences, and associated agreements (such as industry codes).
	Subsection (2) sets out that these modification powers may only be used for the purpose of allowing or requiring services to be provided to the revenue collection counterparty or enforcing the obligations of a revenue collection contract. Subsection (3) clarifies that licence modifications under this section can include any provision that can be covered in revenue regulations.
	Subsection (4) requires that the Secretary of State must consult licensed suppliers in Great Britain, the holder of any licence being modified, and the Authority before such licence modifications. Scottish and Welsh Ministers are also required to be consulted as well as any other persons the Secretary of State considers appropriate. Subsection (5) states that this consultation can occur before or after the passage of this legislation.
	Subsection (6) allows the Secretary of State to use the licence modification powers to make modifications which are general (e.g. applicable to all licence holders) or specific (for example, to make different provision for different licensees). It also allows the Secretary of State to make modifications for different purposes and to make incidental, supplementary, consequential or transitional modifications.
	Subsection (7) enables provisions included in a licence or associated document or agreement (such as an industry code) by a modification under these powers to make different provision for different purposes. It also makes clear that any provision included in a licence by such a modification need not relate to the activities that the licence authorises. Subsection (7)(c) provides that a provision included in a licence by virtue of a relevant power may do anything which is authorised for licences of that type by section 7(2A), (3), (4), (5) or (6A) of the Electricity Act 1989.
	Subsection (8) requires the Secretary of State to publish the details of any modifications as soon as reasonably practicable after they are made.
	Subsection (9) requires the Authority to incorporate modifications made by the Secretary of State to standard conditions into future licences, and to publish these modifications.
	Subsection (10) states that a modification to a part of a standard condition of a licence, does not prevent any other part of the condition from continuing to be regarded as a standard condition for the purposes of the Electricity Act 1989.
	Subsection (11) clarifies that the power to modify licences includes the power to amend, add or remove.