Regulation 10A Transitional provisions: emergency reporting service provider safety caseF1

This regulation applies where, immediately before 6th April 2023, a person (“P”) has an accepted EHP safety case.

P’s accepted EHP safety case is to be treated, on and after 6th April 2023, as if it had been prepared pursuant to, and accepted by the Executive under, regulation 3(3A).

Accordingly, on 6th April 2023, P becomes the emergency reporting service provider for each network.

Regulation 4 applies in relation to P as if the requirement in paragraph (3) of that regulation to make a thorough review of the contents of its accepted EHP safety case every three years were a requirement to—

Nothing in this regulation prevents P from giving written notice for the purposes of regulation 3(3B) on or after 6th April 2023 in relation to any or all of the networks.

In this regulation “accepted EHP safety case” means a safety case prepared pursuant to, and accepted by the Executive under, paragraph 3 of exemption No. 8 of 2016 granted by the Executive in pursuance of its powers under regulation 11(1) of these Regulations on 5th September 2016 to National Grid Gas Distribution Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with the company number 10080864.