Paragraph 14

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Part II of this Schedule shall not apply to an order which varies a storage authorisation order and the sole purpose of which is the transfer of the benefit of, or functions under, the storage authorisation order from one F1public gas supplierto another, or to make any other change in the F2public gas transportershaving the benefit of, or exercising functions under, the storage authorisation order.

(2)

The public gas supplierin whose favour any such order is made shall, within three weeks of the date when responsibility for the underground gas storage to which the order relates is transferred in pursuance of the order, serve notice of the transfer—

(a)

on the Minister,

(b)

on every local planning authority, local authority and river authority within whose area any part of the storage area or of the protective area lies,

(c)

on all statutory water undertakers within whose limits of supply any part of the storage area or of the protective area lies, or who are the holders of a statutory licence to abstract water within either of those areas, and

(d)

~~F3on every owner, lessee and occupier (except tenants for a month or any period less than a month) of any land within the storage area or within the protective area.~~

on every person who falls within sub-paragraph (3),

F4(3)

A person falls within this sub-paragraph if he is—

(a)

an owner, lessee, tenant (whatever the tenancy period) or occupier of any land within the storage area or within the protective area;

(b)

a person to whom the applicant would, if it were proceeding to purchase that land under section 5(1) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, be required to give notice to treat, or

(c)

a person who the applicant thinks would be likely to be entitled to make a claim for compensation under section 10 of that Act if that land were purchased under a compulsory purchase order, so far as he is known to the applicant after making diligent inquiry.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words substituted by virtue of Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 6(2), Sch. 8 para. 33
F2: Words in Sch. 2 para. 14(1) substituted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45 s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 7(3)
F3: Sch. 2 para. 14(2)(d) substituted (E.W.) (24.5.2007) by The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Corresponding Amendments) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1519), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 6(4)(a) (with art. 1(3))
F4: Sch. 2 para. 14(3) inserted (E.W.) (24.5.2007) by The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Corresponding Amendments) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1519), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 6(4)(b) (with art. 1(3))

Notes on Orders transferring functions from one public gas supplierto another

Textual amendments

F1: Words substituted by virtue of Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 6(2), Sch. 8 para. 33