Paragraph 29 F1
England, Wales and Scotland
Any gas meter which is connected to a service pipe, and any gas fitting in a consumer’s premises which is owned by a F2gas transporter or gas supplier and is marked or impressed with a sufficient mark or brand indicating its owner—
shall not be subject to distress or be liable F3to be taken control of under Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, or to be taken in execution under process of any court or any proceedings in bankruptcy against the person in whose possession it may be; and
shall be deemed not to be a landlord’s fixture, notwithstanding that it may be fixed or fastened to any part of the premises in which it may be situated.
In the application of sub-paragraph (1)(a) above to Scotland, for the word “distress ” and the words “in bankruptcy against ” there shall be substituted respectively the word F4attachment and the words “for the sequestration of the estate of ”.
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. 29 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)
- F3
Words in Sch. 2B para. 29(1)(a) inserted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 84 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
- F4
Word in Sch. 2B para. 29(2) substituted (30.12.2002) by 2002 asp 17, ss. 61, 64(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 16(2) (with s. 63)
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)