{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-prepayment-meter-regulations-2006/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-prepayment-meter-regulations-2006/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2011",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas (Prepayment Meter) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-prepayment-meter-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Recovery of a sum owed for gas",
  "text": "(1) A prepayment meter may be used to recover a sum that is owed to a gas supplier by a customer in respect of any of the following—\n(a) the supply of gas to any premises previously owned or occupied by the customer; and\n(b) the provision of a gas meter at any premises previously owned or occupied by the customer.\n(2) Any sum recoverable through a prepayment meter by virtue of paragraph 6A(1)(a) of Schedule 2B to the Gas Act 1986 may be consolidated with a sum specified in regulation 3(1) and recovered under these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2011/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:24:40.211961+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."
}