Article 12 Conveyance of gas from named premises
A person (“A”) who conveys gas from any premises listed in the Schedule to a pipeline system operated by a gas transporter (“B”) is an exempt transporter in relation to such a conveyance (“a relevant conveyance”) provided A complies, as soon as is reasonably practicable, with any direction given by the Secretary of State which is relevant.
A direction is relevant for these purposes if it is given at a time when a relevant conveyance (“the particular conveyance”) is being, or to be, made and specifies or describes information—
which A must supply to B;
which is relevant to the operation of—
the pipeline system to which the gas in the particular conveyance is being, or to be, conveyed, or
a pipeline system to which some or all of that gas is being, or could be, conveyed by B; and
which relates to the calorific value or total quantity of gas that, on the day following the making of the direction, is to be, or could be, conveyed by A to the pipeline system mentioned in sub-paragraph (b)(i) from the premises from which the particular conveyance is being, or to be, made.
But A does not cease to be an exempt transporter in relation to a relevant conveyance by failing to comply with a relevant direction if—
the Secretary of State has given A consent not to comply with the direction;
A was unable to comply with the direction due to circumstances beyond A’s control; or
A, the Authority and the Health and Safety Executive were not consulted by the Secretary of State on the direction before it was given.
In paragraph (2)(c) the reference to a day is a reference to the period of twenty-four hours beginning at 6 o’clock in the morning on that day.