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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-49.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1996/275",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/49",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part III",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“gas” means any substance which is in a gaseous state at a temperature of 15°C and a pressure of 1013.25 millibars and—\n(a)consists wholly or mainly of methane, ethane, propane, butane, hydrogen or carbon monoxide; or\n(b)is specified in an order made by the Department; or\n(c)consists wholly or mainly of—\n(i)a mixture of two or more substances falling within paragraph (a) or (b); or\n(ii)a combustible mixture of one or more such substances and air.\n“in”, in a context referring to a pipe-line or a length thereof or works or operations in land, includes a reference to a pipe-line, length, works or operations under, over, across, along or upon it;\n“owner”\n(a)in relation to any land, means a person, other than a mortgagee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the land, whether in possession or in reversion, and includes also a person holding or entitled to the rents and profits of the land under a lease or agreement the unexpired term of which exceeds 3 years;\n(b)in relation to a pipe-line, means the person in whom the pipe-line is vested;\n(c)in relation to a structure, means a person who, in relation to land being the site of the structure, is an owner thereof by virtue of paragraph (a) of this definition.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/275/article/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:42:12.938161+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."
}