{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1995-transitional-provisions-and-savings-no1-order-1996/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1995-transitional-provisions-and-savings-no1-order-1996/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/219",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas Act 1995 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) (No.1) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1995-transitional-provisions-and-savings-no1-order-1996",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and Commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Gas Act 1995 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) (No. 1) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st March 1996.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1986 Act” means the Gas Act 1986;\n“the 1995 Act” means the Gas Act 1995;\n“the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 18(2) of the 1995 Act;\n“the 1949 Regulations” means the Gas (Testing) Regulations 1949;\n“the 1983 Regulations” means the Gas Quality Regulations 1983.\n(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, other expressions appearing in this Order shall have the same meaning, if any, as they have in Part I of the 1986 Act or the 1995 Act.\n(4) The transitional provisions and savings contained in this Order are without prejudice to sections 16 and 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (effect of repeals).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1949/789. The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1983/363. By virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the 1986 Act, these Regulations have effect as if they had been made under section 16 of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/363. By virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the 1986 Act, these Regulations have effect as if they had been made under section 16 of that Act, and by virtue of paragraph 34 of that Schedule and S.I. 1986/1317 as if references to the British Gas Corporation were references to British Gas plc."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1978 c. 30."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/219/article/1",
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  "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."
}