(1) The Minister may issue a distribution authority to an energy entity.
(2) The Minister may impose conditions on the authority the Minister considers appropriate.
(3) The Minister may issue the authority for a stated term.
(4) If the Minister does not decide a term for the authority, it continues in force unless cancelled or surrendered under the Gas Act, chapter 2, part 1 or this division.
(5) Except so far as this division otherwise provides, the Gas Act, chapter 2, part 1, division 1 does not apply to the issue of the authority by the Minister.