# The Gas (Modification of Therm Limits) Order 1992, Article 3: Consequential amendment of the Gas (Metrication) Regulations 1992


For paragraph (5)(a) of regulation 3 of the Gas (Metrication) Regulations 1992 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
“(5) With effect from 1st January 2000—
(a) in the following provisions—
(i) section 7(12) (definition of “relevant main”), and
(ii) section 10(5) (limitation on public gas supplier’s duty to supply),
for “25,000 therms ” there shall be substituted “732,000 kilowatt hours ”; and
(aa) in the following provisions—
(i) section 4(2)(d) (duty of Secretary of State etc. to enable persons to compete effectively),
(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
(iii) section 14(4)(b) (provision for special agreements with customers for a minimum supply of gas),
for “2,500 therms ” there shall be substituted “73,200 kilowatt hours ”;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1751/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gas-modification-of-therm-limits-order-1992/article-3
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