Regulation 11 Gas meter hereditamentsI1

England and Wales

(1)

Where—

(a)

Transco, which is a designated person by virtue of being listed in Part 5 of the Schedule; or

(b)

any other person,

occupies or, if it is unoccupied, owns what would, apart from these Regulations, be more than one hereditament and each of those separate hereditaments is a gas meter attached to the end of the gas pipeline of Transco, those hereditaments will be treated as one hereditament.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), where—

(a)

a company which is a designated person by virtue of being listed in Part 5 of the Schedule; or

(b)

any other person,

occupies or, if it is unoccupied, owns what would, apart from these Regulations, be more than one hereditament and each of those separate hereditaments is a gas meter attached to the gas pipeline of the company, those hereditaments will be treated as one hereditament.

(3)

Paragraph (2) will not apply where the hereditament to which the meter is attached is occupied or if unoccupied, owned by Transco.

(4)

In this regulation and Part 5 —

(a)

“gas pipeline” means a hereditament described in regulation 9(1) or (2);

(b)

“Transco” means Transco plc and each subsidiary of National Grid Transco plc existing 1 March 2005; and

(c)

“subsidiary” has the meaning given by section 736 of the Companies Act 1985.

(5)

The hereditaments described in paragraphs (1) and (2) will be treated as occupied by the designated person.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 11 in force at 31.3.2005, see reg. 1(1)(a)