30Conditions on licence

30 Conditions on licence

(1)  The Regulator may, on the grant, renewal or transfer of a licence, or for the purposes of section 35(5) or section 38(8) , specify on the licence a condition of the licence.

(2)  A condition may be specified on a licence when it is renewed or transferred, or for the purposes of section 35(5) or section 38(8) , even though it was not previously specified on the licence.

(3)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , the Regulator may specify on a licence any one of more of the following conditions:

(a) a condition requiring that the licensee comply with any standards or codes specified in the licence, or any safety plan approved under the Gas Safety Act 2019 , or both;

(b) conditions relating to the financial or other capacity of a licensee to continue gas activities under the licence for the term of the licence;

(c) a condition requiring the licensee to maintain insurance, on terms and conditions approved by the Regulator, insuring the licensee against liabilities arising from activities under the licence;

(d) a condition requiring that the licensee may not appoint gas officers or may only appoint gas officers for the purposes specified in the condition;

(e) a condition requiring the licensee to follow a specific process in resolving disputes between the licensee and customers as to the supply of gas;

(f) a condition to limit a licensee's activity to activity within a distribution system or a transmission pipeline.

(4)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , if the same person, or related persons, hold both a gas retail licence and a gas infrastructure licence, the Regulator may place on one or more of the licences the conditions that the Regulator considers to be necessary to ensure that the carrying out of operations and business under each of the licences is adequately separate from the carrying out of operations and business under each of the other licences.