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Paragraph 11 C1F1

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Where a consumer’s premises have been disconnected by a F2gas transporter, or a supply of gas to a consumer’s premises has been cut off by a gas supplier, otherwise than in the exercise of a power conferred by—

(a)

paragraph 20, 21 or 22 below;

(b)

regulations under section 18(2) or 18A(1) of this Act; or

(c)

regulations under section 15 of the M1Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (health and safety regulations),

no person shall, without the relevant consent, reconnect the premises or restore the supply.

(2)

If any person acts in contravention of sub-paragraph (1) above—

(a)

he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale; and

(b)

the transporter or supplier may again disconnect the premises or, as the case may be, cut off the supply.

(3)

In this paragraph “the relevant consent ” means—

(a)

where the premises are reconnected, the consent of the gas transporter to whose main the reconnection is made;

(b)

where the supply is restored, the consent of the supplier who cut off the supply, or the consent of a person who is or is about to become a relevant gas supplier.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 2B inserted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 9(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2

F2

Words in Sch. 2B para. 11 substituted (1.10.2001) by 2000 c. 27, s. 108, Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2(1); S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)

Marginal citations

M1

1974 c.37.

Modifications

C1

Sch. 2B para. 11 modified (8.11.1995 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 26 of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 45, s. 17(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 26; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2

Notes on Schedule 2B

Modifications

C1

Sch. 2B applied (with modifications) (26.12.2023) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), s. 153(2)-(5), 334(3)(d)