Exhibit 4.4

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Notice under Section 11A (2) & (3) of
      the Electricity Act 1989

The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (the Authority) hereby gives notice pursuant to Section 11A (2) & (3) of the Electricity Act 1989 (the Act) as follows:

|1.The
      Authority proposes to modify all of the distribution licences that are
      granted, or treated as granted, pursuant to Section 6(1)(c) of the Act,
    in three respects detailed below:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|2.In
      summary, the reasons for the Authority proposing the modifications are
      to comply with EC Directive 2003/54/EC concerning common rules for the
      internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC, and to
      introduce proposed changes to the structure of charges as outlined in the
      November initial decision document1. Further detail
      is provided in the April update document2.
    Copies of both documents are available (free of charge) from the Ofgem library,
    9 Millbank, London SW1P 3GE (020 7901 7003) or the Ofgem website (www.ofgem.gov.uk).



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|1Structure
        of electricity distribution charges  initial decision document
    November 2003 (142/03)



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3.The effect of these proposed modifications will be to implement changes in the charging regime for connection to, and use of, the
electricity distribution networks. The revised charging regime will facilitate the predicted increase in distributed generation, provide a robust and predictable long term charging framework for all network operators and users, and enable compliance
with the above EC Directive. Further detail on the effect of the modifications is given in the April update document.

|4.   The proposed licence modifications are annexed to this notice.                                                                                                                                                                  
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|5.   Any
       representations or objections to the proposed licence modifications may
       be made by 29 June 2004 and should be addressed to Mark Cox, 9 Millbank,
    London SW1P 3GE (020 7901 7458) or mark.cox@ofgem.gov.uk.





Martin Crouch

Director  Distribution, Networks

|Authorised on behalf of the Authority | 1 June 2004
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|2Structure
        of electricity distribution charges  update and proposed licence
    modifications April 2004 (76/04)



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Annex

TO NOTICE UNDER SECTION 11A ELECTRICITY ACT

Modification of existing provisions of the distribution licence

Condition 1. Definitions and Interpretation

[The following modifications would have effect in this condition]:

|connection charges              | means charges
        made or levied, or to be made or levied, by the licensee for the provision
        of connections or the modification or retention of existing connections
        to the licensees distribution system at entry or exit points, whether
        or not such charges or any part of them are annualised, and may include,
        as appropriate, costs relating to any of the matters that are mentioned
    in paragraph 5 of standard condition 4B (Connection Charging Methodology).
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|connection charging methodology | means
        the principles on which and the methods by which, for the purposes of
        achieving the objectives referred to in paragraph 3 of standard condition
    4B Connection Charging Methodology), connection
    charges are determined.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          





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|use of system charges              | means
        charges made or levied, or to be made or levied, by the licensee for
        the provision of services as part of the distribution business to any
        person, as more fully described in standard condition 4 (Use of System
    Charging Methodology) and 4A (Charges for Use of System), but does not include
    connection charges.
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|use of system charging methodology | means
        the principles on which and the methods by which, for the purposes of
        achieving the objectives referred to in paragraph 3 of standard condition
        4 (Use of System
Charging Methodology), use of system charges are determined.                                                                                               



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Condition 4. Use of System Charging Methodology

|1. | The licensee shall, by 1 April 2005:                                                                                                     
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|2. | The licensee shall, for the purpose of ensuring that the use of system charging methodology continues to achieve the relevant objectives:
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                      
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|3. | For the purposes of this condition, the relevant objectives are:                                                                         
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                      
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|   | (c)                                                                                                                                      
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|4. | Except with the consent of the Authority, before making a modification of the use of system charging methodology the licensee shall:                                                                                                                                    
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|5. | Subject to paragraph 6, where the licensee has complied with the requirements of paragraph 4, it shall, before making the modification:                                                                                                                                 
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|6. | The licensee shall
       make the modification to the use of system charging methodology unless,
       within 28 days of receiving the licensees report under paragraph
       4, the Authority, having particular regard to the relevant objectives,
    has either:
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|   | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     



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|7.  | The licensee shall give or send a copy of any statement under paragraph 1(a) or report under paragraph 4 to any person who requests it.                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|8.  | The licensee may make a charge for any statement or report given or sent pursuant to paragraph 7 of an amount which does not exceed the amount specified in directions issued by the
Authority for the purposes of this condition based on the Authoritys estimate of the licensees reasonable costs of providing the document.
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|9.  | Subject to paragraph
       10, an approval by the Authority pursuant to paragraph1(a) may be granted
       subject to such conditions as the Authority considers appropriate, having
    regard, in particular, to:                                                                                                            
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|    | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|10. | An approval granted under paragraph 9 will only be effective if the Authority has informed the licensee of its intention to impose such conditions in a notice which:                                                                                                                                                            
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|    | and has considered
      any representations or objections which have been duly made by the licensee
    and have not been withdrawn.
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|11. | The provisions of this condition are wholly without prejudice to:                                                                    
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|    | (a)                                                                                                                                  



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|    | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | the application of any charging arrangements condition (within the meaning of standard condition BA1 (Charging Arrangements) of the distribution licence as modified from time to time).
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|12. | The Authority may (following consultation with the licensee and, where appropriate, with any other authorised electricity operator likely to be materially affected thereby) issue
directions relieving the licensee of its obligations under paragraph 1 to such extent as may be specified in the directions.



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Condition 4A. Charges for Use of System

|1. | The licensee shall prepare a statement, in a form approved by the Authority, which sets out the basis on which charges will be made for use of system (the charging
statement), which:                                                                    
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|2. | The statement referred to at paragraph 1 shall include:                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|3. | Without prejudice to paragraph 6, before making any amendment to its use of system charges, the licensee shall give the Authority a revised charging statement which sets out the amended
charges and specifies the date from which they are to have effect.



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|4. | Without prejudice to paragraph 4 of standard condition 4 (Use of System Charging Methodology) and paragraph 6 of this condition, before any modification of the use of system charging
methodology comes into effect, the licensee shall give the Authority a revised charging statement which sets out the amended charges and specifies the date from which they are to have effect.
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|5. | The licensee shall, not less than three months before the date on which it proposes to amend its use of system charges in respect of any agreement for use of system:                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|6. | Except with the prior consent of the Authority, the licensee shall not amend its use of system charges in respect of any agreement for use of system unless:                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|7. | The licensee:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|8.  | The licensee shall give or send a copy of any statement (or the most recent revision thereof) prepared in accordance with paragraph 1 to any person who requests it.                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|9.  | The licensee may make a charge for any statement given or sent pursuant to paragraph 8 of an amount which does not exceed the amount specified in directions issued by the Authority for the purposes
of this condition based on the Authoritys estimate of the licensees reasonable costs of providing the statement.                                                  
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|10. | Unless the Authority determines otherwise, the licensee shall not enter into any use of system arrangement which does not ensure that its use of system charges will comply with the charging
statement (or, where applicable, with the revision of that statement which is most recent at that time) at each time at which charges fall to be made under the arrangement.
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|11. | Nothing in this condition affects the ability of the licensee to charge for use of system in accordance with the charging statement (or the most recent revision thereof) issued in accordance with
paragraph 1.                                                                                                                                                          
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|12. | The Authority may (following consultation with the licensee and, where appropriate, with any other authorised electricity operator likely to be materially affected thereby) issue directions
relieving the licensee of its obligations under paragraph 1 to such extent as may be specified in the directions.                                                           



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Condition 4B. Connection Charging Methodology

|1. | The licensee shall, by 1 April 2005:                                                                                                  
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                   
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|2. | The licensee shall, for the purpose of ensuring that the connection charging methodology continues to achieve the relevant objectives:
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                   
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|3. | In paragraph 2 and below, the relevant objectives are:                                                                                
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                   
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|4. | Subject to paragraph 6, the licensee shall prepare a statement, in a form approved by the Authority, which:
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|5. | The statement referred to at paragraph 4 shall include:                                                    
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|   |                                                                                                                                 | made for the provision of special
      metering or telemetry or data processing equipment by the licensee for
      the purposes of enabling any person who is party to the Balancing and Settlement
      Code and/or the Settlement Agreement for Scotland to comply with his obligations
      thereunder in respect of metering or the performance by the licensee of
    any service in relation to such metering;        
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|   | (e)                                                                                                                             | the principles on which and the methods by which any charges will be made for disconnection from the licensees distribution system and the removal of electrical plant and electric lines
following disconnection; and                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|   | (f)                                                                                                                             | the principles on which and
       the methods by which any charges (including any capitalised charge) will
       be made for maintenance, repair, and replacement required of  electric
       lines or electrical plant provided and installed for making a connection
       to the licensees distribution system.                                                                                                         
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|6. | With effect from 1 April 2005, the statement prepared by the licensee in accordance with paragraph 4 shall:                    
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|   | (a)                                                                                                                             | comply with the connection charging methodology; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                             | be approved by the Authority,
       except in the case of the indicative charges included within the statement
       by virtue of paragraph 5(a), which will be in a form approved
by the Authority.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|7. | Connection charges for those items referred to at paragraph 5 will be set at a level which will enable the licensee to recover:
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|   | (a)                                                                                                                             | the appropriate proportion to be determined (having regard to the factors set out at paragraph 8) of the costs directly or indirectly incurred in carrying out any works, the extension or
reinforcement of the licensees distribution system, or the provision and installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement, or (as the case may be) removal following disconnection, of any electric lines or electrical plant; and
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                             | a reasonable rate of return on the capital represented by such costs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           



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|8.  | For the purpose of determining an appropriate proportion of the costs directly or indirectly incurred in carrying out works under an agreement for providing a connection, or a
modification or retention of an existing connection, the licensee shall have regard to:
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|9.  | Until 31 March 2005, paragraph 8(c) applies to the licensee as if, for the provisions set out therein, there were substituted the provisions set out in paragraph 5(c) of standard
condition 4B of this licence in the form in which it was in force at 1 April 2004.  
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|10. | Except with the consent of the Authority, before making a modification of the connection charging methodology the licensee shall:                                                                                                                                      
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|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | the terms proposed for the modification,                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | how the intended modification would better achieve the relevant objectives, and                                                                                                                                                 
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|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | (iii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | a timetable for implementing the modification and the date with effect from which the modification (if made) is to take effect, being not earlier than the date on which the period referred to in
paragraph 12 will expire; and
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|    | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | where the Authority has directed that sub-paragraph (a) should not apply, comply with such other requirements (if any) as the Authority may specify in its direction.                                                                       
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|11. | Subject to paragraph 12, where the licensee has complied with the requirements of paragraph 10, it shall, before making the modification:                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|    | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | revise the statement
       (or the most recent revision thereof) issued under paragraph 4 so that
       the statement sets out the changed connection charging methodology and
    specifies the date from which it is to have effect; and
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|    | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | give the Authority a copy of the revised statement.                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|12. | The licensee shall
       make the modification to the connection charging methodology unless, within
       28 days of receiving the licensees report under paragraph 10, the
       Authority, having
particular regard to the relevant objectives, has either:                                                                    
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|    | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | directed the licensee not to make the modification; or                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|    | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | notified the licensee that it intends to consult and then within three months of that notification directed the licensee not to make the modification.                                                                                      
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|13. | The licensee shall give or send a copy of any statement under paragraph 4 or report under paragraph 10 to any person who requests it.                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|14. | The licensee may make a charge for any statement or report given or sent pursuant to paragraph 13 of an amount which does not exceed the amount specified in directions issued by the
Authority for the purposes of this condition based on the Authoritys estimate
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|15. | If so requested,
       and subject to paragraphs 17 and 18, the licensee shall, as soon as practicable
       and in any event within 28 days (or, where the Authority so approves,
       such longer period as the licensee may reasonably require having regard
       to the nature and complexity of the request) after the date referred to
       in paragraph 16, give or send to any person making such request a statement
       showing present and future circuit capacity,
forecast power flows and loading on the part or parts of the licensees
distribution system specified in the request and fault levels for each distribution
node covered by the request, and containing:
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|16. | For the purposes of paragraph 15, the date referred to is the later of:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|17. | The licensee may within ten days after receipt of the request provide an estimate of its reasonable costs in the preparation of any statement referred to in paragraph 15, and its
obligation to provide such statement will be conditional on the requesting person agreeing to pay the amount estimated or such other amount as the Authority may, on the application of the licensee or the person requesting such statement,
direct.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          



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|18. | The licensee shall include in every statement given or sent under paragraph 15 the information required by that paragraph, except that the licensee may:                        
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|19. | Approvals by the Authority pursuant to paragraphs 1(a) and 6 may be granted subject to such conditions as the Authority considers appropriate, having regard, in particular,
to:
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|    | (b)                                                                                                                                                                             
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|20. | An approval granted under paragraph 19 will only be effective if the Authority has informed the licensee of its intention to impose such conditions in a notice which:          
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|    | (a)                                                                                                                                                                             
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|    | (b)                                                                                                                                                                             
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|    | and has considered any representations
      or objections which have been duly made by the licensee and have not been
    withdrawn.                                           

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|21. | Unless the Authority determines otherwise, the licensee shall not enter into an arrangement for providing a connection or a modification or retention of an existing connection unless the arrangement
ensures that the connection charges in respect of that arrangement will comply with the statement referred to in paragraph 4 at the time at which the licensee
    offers to enter into the arrangement.



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|22. | Nothing in this condition affects the ability of the licensee to charge for the provisions of connections in accordance with the statement issued pursuant to paragraph 4.                                                                                                                                     
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|23. | The provisions of this condition are wholly without prejudice to:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|    | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|24. | The Authority may (following consultation with the licensee and, where appropriate, with any other authorised electricity operator likely to be materially affected thereby) issue
directions relieving the licensee of its obligations under paragraph 1 to such extent as may be specified in the directions.



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Condition 4C. Non-Discrimination in the Provision of Use of System and Connection to the System

|1. | In the carrying out of works for the purpose of connection to the licensees distribution system, or in providing for the modification or retention of an existing connection to its distribution
system, the licensee shall not discriminate between any persons or class or classes of persons.                                                                                                                                                                 
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|2. | In the provision of use of system, the licensee shall not discriminate between any persons or class or classes of persons.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|3. | Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 2, and subject to the provisions of condition 4A (Charges for Use of System), the licensee shall not make charges for the provision of use of system to any
person or class or classes of persons which differ from the charges for such provision to any other person or to any class or classes of persons, except insofar as such differences reasonably reflect differences in the costs associated with such
provision.
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|4. | In setting its charges for connection or use of system, the licensee shall not restrict, distort, or prevent competition in the generation, transmission, distribution, or supply of
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Condition 4D. Requirement to Offer Terms for Use of System and Connection

|1. | On application made by any person, the licensee shall (subject to paragraph 4) offer to enter into an agreement for use of system:                                                                                                                                                                  
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|   | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|2. | On application made by any person for a connection, the licensee shall offer terms for making the connection pursuant to sections 16 and 16A of the Act and in compliance with the
provisions of this condition.                                                                                    
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|3. | Where the licensee makes an offer to enter into a connection agreement pursuant to section 22 of the Act, or replies to a request for a connection made to it under section 16A of the
Act, the licensee shall, in making the offer or replying to the applicant, make detailed provision regarding:
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|   | (d)                                                                                                                                                                                        | the installation of such switchgear or other apparatus (if any) as may be required for the interruption of supply where the person seeking connection or the modification of an existing
connection does not require the provision of top-up or standby; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|   | (e)                                                                                                                                                                                        | (save to the extent that such matters are included in any agreement offered in accordance with standard condition 36BRequirement to Offer Terms for the Provision of Distributor Metering and Data Services), the installation of special metering, telemetry, or data processing equipment (if any) for the purpose of enabling any party to the
Balancing and Settlement Code and/or the Settlement Agreement for Scotland to comply with its obligations thereunder in respect of metering or the performance by the licensee of any service in relation to such metering.
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|4. | In making an offer pursuant to this condition to enter into any connection agreement, or in replying to a request for connection under section 16A of the Act, the licensee shall set
out:
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|   | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                        | the date by which, in the case of an agreement under paragraph 2, any works required to permit access to the licensees distribution system (including for this purpose any works to
reinforce or extend the licensees distribution system) shall be completed, time being of the essence unless, in the case of connection agreements only, otherwise agreed between the parties;                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                        | the charges to be paid in respect of the services required, which are (unless manifestly inappropriate):                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (ii)                                                                                                                                     | to be presented in such a
       way as to be referable to the statement prepared in accordance with paragraph
       4 of standard condition 4B (Connection Charging  Methodology) or any revision
       thereof; and
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|   | (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | such other detailed terms in respect of each of the services required as are or may be appropriate for the purpose of the agreement.    
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|5. | The licensee shall offer terms for agreements in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2, and 4 as soon as is practicable and (save where the Authority consents to a longer period) in any event
not more than the period specified in paragraph 6 after receipt by the licensee (or its agent) from any person of an application containing all such information as the licensee may reasonably require for the purpose of formulating the terms of the
offer.
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|6. | For the purposes of paragraph 5, the period specified is:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|   | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | in the case of persons seeking the provision of use of system only, 28 days;                                                            
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | in the case of persons seeking connection or the modification of an existing connection, three months; and                              
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|   | (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | in the case of persons seeking use of system in conjunction with connection or the modification of an existing connection, three months.
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|7. | The licensee is not obliged pursuant to this condition to offer to enter or to enter into any agreement under paragraphs 1, 2, and 4:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|   | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | if to do so would be likely to involve the licensee being:                                                                              
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (i)                                                                                                                                      | in breach of its duties under section 9 of the Act,                                                                                                                                                                    
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (ii)                                                                                                                                     | in breach of any regulations made under section 29 of the Act or of any other enactment relating to safety or standards applicable in respect of the distribution business,                                            
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (iii)                                                                                                                                    | in breach of the Grid Codes or the licensees Distribution Code, or                                                                                                                                                    
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (iv)                                                                                                                                     | in breach of the conditions; or                                                                                                                                                                                        



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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | if the person making the application does not undertake to be bound, insofar as applicable, by the terms of the licensees Distribution Code or the applicable Grid Code from time to time in
force; or                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|   | (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | if to do so would be likely to involve the licensee doing something which, without the consent of another person, would require the exercise of a power conferred by any provision of Schedules 3 or 4
to the Act, and the licence does not provide for that provision to have effect in relation to the licensee, and any necessary consent has not, at the time that the request is made, been given.
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|8. | The licensee shall, within 28 days following receipt of a request from any person, give or send to him such information in the possession of the licensee as may be reasonably required by
such person for the purpose of completing an application under the Application Regulations or any such provisions to like effect contained in any further regulations then in force made pursuant to sections 6(3), 60, and 64(1) of the Act.



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Condition 4E. Functions of the Authority

|1. | If, after a period which appears to the Authority to be reasonable for the purpose, the licensee has failed to enter into an agreement with any person entitled or claiming to be entitled
thereto pursuant to a request under standard condition 4D (Requirement to Offer Terms for Use of System and Connection), the Authority may, on the application of such person or the licensee, settle any terms of the agreement in dispute between the
licensee and that person in such manner as appears to the Authority to be reasonable, having (insofar as is relevant) regard in particular to the following considerations:
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|   | (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|2. | Insofar as any
      person entitled or claiming to be entitled to an offer under standard condition
      4D (Requirement to Offer Terms for Use of System and Connection) wishes
      to proceed on the
basis of an agreement as settled by the Authority pursuant to paragraph 1, the
      licensee shall forthwith enter into and implement such agreement in accordance
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|3. | If either party to such agreement
       proposes to vary the contractual terms of any agreement for use of system,
       or for the provision of a connection or the modification of an existing
       connection to the licensees distribution system, entered into pursuant
       to standard condition 4D (Requirement to Offer Terms for Use of System
       and Connection) or under this condition, in any manner provided for under
       such agreement, the Authority may, at the request of that party, settle
       any dispute relating to such variation in such manner as appears to the
    Authority to be reasonable.
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|4. | If the licensee and an authorised electricity operator or other person who is party to a relevant agreement are in dispute as to whether:
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such dispute may be referred to the Authority for it to determine whether, in the case of sub-paragraph (a), the charges made, or to be made, complied with the relevant statement under standardcondition 4A (Charges for Use of System), or whether, in the case of sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), the charges complied with the relevant methodology.



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