Explanatory note

Section 6A of the Gas Act 1986, substituted by section 4 of the Gas Act 1995, provides for the granting by order of exemptions from the prohibition contained in section 5 of the 1986 Act from carrying on the conveyance, supply or shipping of gas without a licence. The Order contains a number of such exemptions. These are in respect of—

• the conveyance of gas previously supplied to certain suppliers (articles 3 and 4);

• the conveyance of gas produced by certain suppliers as a by-product of other activities (articles 5 and 6);

• the shipping of gas by a consumer on the failure of existing shipping arrangements (articles 7 and 8);

• the shipping of gas by a supplier in accordance with an undertaking given in accordance with his licence (articles 9 and 10);

• supply of gas by a public gas transporter as a result of the arrangements exempted under article 7 (article 11);

• shipping in emergency cases (articles 12 and 13);

• conveyance of gas, subject to conditions, by a person from one set of premises to another where this represents the continuation of certain arrangements in force before the day on which the new regime introduced by the 1995 Act came into force (articles 14 to 17);

• supply to premises, subject to conditions, of gas consisting wholly or mainly of propane or butane which is conveyed to the premises from transportable storage containers (articles 18 to 20).