{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-modification-of-therm-limits-order-1992/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-modification-of-therm-limits-order-1992/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1751",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas (Modification of Therm Limits) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-modification-of-therm-limits-order-1992",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Consequential amendment of the Gas (Metrication) Regulations 1992",
  "text": "For paragraph (5)(a) of regulation 3 of the Gas (Metrication) Regulations 1992 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—\n“(5) With effect from 1st January 2000—\n(a) in the following provisions—\n(i) section 7(12) (definition of “relevant main”), and\n(ii) section 10(5) (limitation on public gas supplier’s duty to supply),\nfor “25,000 therms ” there shall be substituted “732,000 kilowatt hours ”; and\n(aa) in the following provisions—\n(i) section 4(2)(d) (duty of Secretary of State etc. to enable persons to compete effectively),\n(ii) section 8(5)(b) (limitation of authorisation to premises a minimum distance from the main of a public gas supplier unless a specified rate of supply is exceeded of gas), and\n(iii) section 14(4)(b) (provision for special agreements with customers for a minimum supply of gas),\nfor “2,500 therms ” there shall be substituted “73,200 kilowatt hours ”;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I.1992/450."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1751/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:18:53.540676+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."
}