{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-calculation-of-thermal-energy-regulations-1996/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-calculation-of-thermal-energy-regulations-1996/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/439",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas (Calculation of Thermal Energy) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-calculation-of-thermal-energy-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Calculation of thermal energy",
  "text": "(1) The number of therms or kilowatt hours conveyed by a public gas transporter to any take off point during any gas period shall be calculated in accordance with the following formulae—\nnumber of therms so conveyed=A×B105.5number of kilowatt hours so conveyed=A×B3.6 where\nA is the number of cubic metres in the converted volume of gas conveyed to the take off point during the gas period and B is the average calorific value of gas calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) below.\n(2) The average calorific value of gas so conveyed during any such gas period shall be calculated by adding the daily calorific values calculated in accordance with regulation 4 below for each gas day in that gas period and dividing the sum by the number of those gas days but so that any amount of less than 0.1 megajoules per cubic metre shall be ignored.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/937",
      "affecting_title": "The Gas (Calculation of Thermal Energy) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/937",
      "affecting_title": "The Gas (Calculation of Thermal Energy) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/439/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:51:35.855660+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."
}