# The Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 1) Order 1996, Article 12: Scope of exemption


(1) Article 13 has effect where a public gas transporter arranges with any person (“the emergency shipper”) that—
(i) in order to prevent or remedy a supply emergency that may arise after the making of the arrangements; or
(ii) in order to remedy a supply emergency which exists at the time the arrangements are made,
the emergency shipper will, at the request of the public gas transporter, introduce gas into the pipe-line system operated by that transporter.
(2) In this article “supply emergency” means an emergency endangering persons and arising from a loss of pressure in any pipe-line system (including part of any such system).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/449/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986-exemptions-no-1-order-1996/article-12
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