Paragraph 2

England, Wales and Scotland

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

Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxiii) omitted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 Sch. 2 para. 316(a)
Sch. 4 para. 2(1A) inserted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 Sch. 2 para. 316(b)
Sch. 4 para. 2(10)(e) omitted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 Sch. 2 para. 316(c)

(1)

A public gas transporter shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

(i)

the M1Public Health Act 1925;

(ii)

the M2Public Health Act 1936;

(iii)

the M3Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(iv)

section 4 of the M4Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

(v)

the M5National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949;

(vi)

the M6Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(vii)

the M7Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(viii)

the M8Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ix)

~~F1the~~ M9~~Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;~~

(x)

section 17(10) of the M10Public Health Act 1961;

(xi)

the M11Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xii)

Schedule 3 to the M12Harbours Act 1964;

(xiii)

~~F2section 40 of the~~ M13~~Forestry Act 1967;~~

(xiv)

section 50 of the M14Agriculture Act 1967;

(xv)

sections 38 and 66 of the M15Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xvi)

the M16New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xvii)

section 11 of and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the M17Countryside Act 1968;

(xviii)

section 22 of the M18Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

F3(xix)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xx)

section 51 of the M19Land Compensation Act 1973;

(xxi)

F4section 47 of the M20Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973;

(xxii)

section 73 of the M21Control of Pollution Act 1974;

(xxiii)

the M22Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(xxiv)

sections 15(3) and 26 of the M23Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

F5(xxv)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxvi)

section 9(3) of the M24Inner Urban Areas Act 1978;

(xxvii)

the M25Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;

(xxviii)

F6Part XVI and section 120 of the M26Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(xxix)

the M27Highways Act 1980;

(xxx)

the M28New Towns Act 1981;

(xxxi)

the M29Acquisition of Land Act 1981;

(xxxii)

the M30Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(xxxiii)

section 30 of the M31Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(xxxiv)

the M32Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

(xxxv)

the M33Building Act 1984;

(xxxvi)

F7section 296 of the M34Housing Act 1985;

(xxxvii)

section 21 of the M35Road Traffic Act 1988.

(xxxviii)

section 9 of the M36Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;

(xxxix)

section 7(5) of the M37Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991.

(2)

References to public gas suppliers in the following enactments shall have effect as references to a public gas transporter, namely—

(a)

section 17(1)(b) of the M38Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945;

(b)

the M39Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958;

(c)

section 7A(4)(b)(ii) of the M40Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966;

(d)

section 109(2)(d) of the M41Transport Act 1968;

F8(e)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f)

sections 73(11)(c) and 74(11)(b) of the Highways Act 1980;

(g)

section 48(6)(c) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(h)

paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the M42Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;

(i)

section 80(3)(b) of the Building Act 1984;

(j)

section 91 of the M43Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990;

(k)

section 39 of the M44Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990;

(l)

section 52(1) of the M45Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991;

(m)

section 209(3)(b) of and paragraph 1(5)(e) of Schedule 13 to the M46Water Industry Act 1991;

(n)

section 208(3)(b) of and paragraph 1(4)(e) of Schedule 22 to the M47Water Resources Act 1991;

(o)

paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 6 to the M48Land Drainage Act 1991.

(3)

The reference in Schedule 4 to the M49Public Health Act 1961 to gas undertakers shall have effect as a reference to a public gas transporter.

(4)

References in the M50Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 to a statutory company shall be deemed to include references to a public gas transporter.

F9(5)

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(6)

References to public utility undertakers in the M51Highways Act 1980 shall be deemed to include references to a public gas transporter.

(7)

F10Part 10 of Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code) shall apply to a public gas transporter for the purposes of any works carried out by him.

(8)

The reference in section 82(4) of the M52Building Act 1984 (provisions with respect to demolition orders) to a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of gas shall be construed as a reference to a public gas transporter.

(9)

References to public undertakers in section 125(7) of, and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 8 to, the M53Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 shall be deemed to include references to a public gas transporter.

C1(10)

In the following enactments, namely—

(a)

section 39 of the M54Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(b)

paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the M55Gas Act 1965;

(c)

the M56New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

F11(d)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)

the M57Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

F12(f)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)

the M58New Towns Act 1981;

(h)

section 9 of the M59Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;

(i)

section 7(5) of the M60Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991,

“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a public gas transporter, shall mean the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.

(11)

In the following enactments, namely—

(a)

the M61Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(b)

Schedule 3 to the M62Harbours Act 1964;

(c)

section 121 of the Highways Act 1980; and

(d)

the M63Acquisition of Land Act 1981,

“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a public gas transporter, shall mean the Secretary of State.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(ix) repealed (S.) (24.12.2010) by Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 6), s. 97(1), Sch. 3 para. 8 (with s. 91); S.S.I. 2010/401, art. 3(h)
F2: Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xiii) repealed (S.) (1.4.2019) by Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8), s. 85(2), sch. 2 (with s. 83); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-22)
F3: Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xix) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3).
F4: Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxi) substituted (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 4, 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 61.
F5: Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxv) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.
F6: Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxviii) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 135(2)(c) (with ss. 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.
F7: Word in Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxxvi) substituted (6.4.2006 for E., 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(4)(5)(f), Sch. 15 para. 39; S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(b) (with Sch.)
F8: Sch. 4 para. 2(2)(e) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3).
F9: Sch. 4 para. 2(5) repealed (14.11.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), s. 34(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(r)
F10: Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(7) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 37; S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)
F11: Sch. 4 para. 2(10)(d) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3).
F12: Sch. 4 para. 2(10)(f) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Marginal citations

M1: 1925 c.71.
M2: 1936 c.49.
M3: 1947 c.42.
M4: 1948 c.17.
M5: 1949 c.97.
M6: 1951 c.65.
M7: 1954 c.56.
M8: 1958 c.69.
M9: 1961 c.41.
M10: 1961 c.64.
M11: 1962 c.58.
M12: 1964 c.40.
M13: 1967 c.10.
M14: 1967 c.22.
M15: 1967 c.86.
M16: 1968 c.16.
M17: 1968 c.41.
M18: 1968 c.47.
M19: 1973 c.26.
M20: 1973 c. 56.
M21: 1974 c.40.
M22: 1975 c.70.
M23: 1976 c.57.
M24: 1978 c.50.
M25: 1979 c.46.
M26: 1980 c.65.
M27: 1980 c.66.
M28: 1981 c.64.
M29: 1981 c.67.
M30: 1982 c.16.
M31: 1982 c.30.
M32: 1984 c.54.
M33: 1984 c.55.
M34: 1985 c.68.
M35: 1988 c.52.
M36: 1990 c.35.
M37: 1991 c.28.
M38: 1945 c.43.
M39: 1958 c.50.
M40: 1966 c.4.
M41: 1968 c.73.
M42: 1984 c.27.
M43: 1990 c.9.
M44: 1990 c.10.
M45: 1991 c. 45.
M46: 1991 c.56.
M47: 1991 c.57.
M48: 1991 c.59.
M49: 1961 c.64.
M50: 1972 c.36.
M51: 1980 c.66.
M52: 1984 c.55.
M53: 1987 c.26.
M54: 1958 c.69.
M55: 1965 c.36.
M56: 1968 c.16.
M57: 1975 c.70.
M58: 1981 c.64.
M59: 1990 c.35.
M60: 1991 c.28.
M61: 1962 c.58.
M62: 1964 c.40.
M63: 1981 c.67.

Modifications

C1: Sch. 4 para. 2(10): transfer of functions (5.3.2009) by Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/229), arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1(e)