30 Licences authorising supply etc of electricity

30  Licences authorising supply etc of electricity

For section 6 of the 1989 Act there is substituted—

“6 Licences authorising supply, etc

(1)     The Authority may grant any of the following licences—

(a)     a licence authorising a person to generate electricity for the purpose of giving a supply to any premises or enabling a supply to be so given (“a generation licence”);

(b)     a licence authorising a person to transmit electricity for that purpose in that person's authorised area (“a transmission licence”);

(c)     a licence authorising a person to distribute electricity for that purpose (“a distribution licence”); or

(d)     a licence authorising a person to supply electricity to premises (“a supply licence”).

(2)     The same person may not be the holder of both a distribution licence and a supply licence.

(3)     A supply licence may authorise the holder to supply electricity—

(a)     to any premises;

(b)     only to premises specified in the licence, or to premises of a description so specified; or

(c)     only to any premises situated in a specified area, or to premises of a specified description which are so situated.

(4)     The Authority may, with the consent of the holder of a supply licence, modify

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