# Gas Act 1986, Paragraph 21


In Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975—
(a) in paragraphs 3 to 3B, for references to the Corporation there shall be substituted references to a public gas supplier;
(b) in paragraph 3, there shall be added at the end the following sub-paragraph—
“(3) In this paragraph and in paragraphs 3A and 3B below—
“gas” means any substance which is or (if it were in a gaseous state) would be gas within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986;
“public gas supplier” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Gas Act 1986;
“private gas supplier” means a person who is authorised by section 6 of the said Act of 1986, or by an authorisation under section 8 of that Act, to supply gas through pipes to consumers’ premises.”; and
(c) in paragraphs 3A and 3B, for references to a private supplier there shall be substituted references to a private gas supplier.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/44/schedule/7/paragraph/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986/schedule-7/paragraph-21
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