Regulation 6 Gas (Alternative Method of Charge) Regulations 1990

(1)

In this regulation any reference to a regulation followed by a number is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in the Gas (Alternative Method of Charge) Regulations 1990^f1.

(2)

(a)

Until the expiry of 31st December 1999, regulation 2 (interpretation), regulation 3 (provision for an alternative method of charging on the basis of actual calorific values of gas supplied) and the heading of regulation 5 (calculation on the basis of the actual calorific value of gas supplied) shall have effect as if the words “or kilowatt hours” were inserted after the word “therms” in each place where it occurs; and

(b)

with effect from 1st January 2000—

(i)

in regulation 2, regulation 3 and in the heading of regulation 5, for the word “therms” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted the words “kilowatt hours”; and

(ii)

regulation 5(1) shall cease to have effect.

(3)

In regulation 5, after paragraph 5(1) the following paragraph shall be inserted as paragraph (1A)—

“(1A)

The number of kilowatt hours supplied by a relevant supplier to a customer during a relevant charge period shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula:
$number of kilowatt hours supplied = \frac{A \times B}{3.6}$
where

A is the number of cubic metres of gas supplied to the customer during the relevant charge period, and B is the relevant calorific value in megajoules per cubic metre, of the gas supplied to the customer during such period.”

(4)

In regulation 8 (which makes provision for a public gas supplier to transfer to or from the alternative method of charging for gas)—

(a)

until the expiry of 31st December 1999, paragraph (2) shall have effect as if the words “or kilowatt hours” were inserted after the word “therms”; and

(b)

with effect from 1st January 2000, in paragraph (2) for the word “therms” there shall be substituted the words “kilowatt hours”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1990/1634.