{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986/schedule-2B/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986/schedule-2B/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/44",
  "legislation_title": "Gas Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/2B/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where, in the case of any consumer, the gas transporter or a relevant gas supplier, for the purpose of meeting the needs of a disabled person—\n(a) alters the position of any gas meter which is owned by the transporter or supplier and is lent or hired to the consumer; or\n(b) replaces such a meter with one which has been specially adapted,\nthe transporter or supplier shall not charge the consumer for the alteration or replacement.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2B inserted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 9(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2B para. 6 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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2000/27",
      "affecting_title": "Utilities Act 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2000/27",
      "affecting_title": "Utilities Act 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/44/schedule/2B/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:56:01.836902+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}