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Regulation 6 Co-operationI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Every person to whom this paragraph applies shall co-operate so far as is necessary with a person conveying gas in a network F1, with a network emergency co-ordinator and with any emergency reporting service provider to enable them to comply with the provisions of these Regulations.

(2)

Paragraph (1) applies to—

(a)

a person conveying gas in the network;

(b)

an emergency service provider;

(c)

the network emergency co-ordinator in relation to a person conveying gas F2or an emergency reporting service provider ;

F3(ca)

an emergency reporting service provider in relation to a person conveying gas or a network emergency co-ordinator;

(d)

a person conveying gas in pipes which are not part of a network by virtue of regulation 2(3) or (4);

(e)

the holder of a licence issued under section 7A of the Gas Act 1986f1;

(f)

a person exempted under section 6A(1) of the Gas Act 1986f2 from paragraph (b) or (c) of section 5(1) of that Act;

(g)

a person referred to in paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2A to the Gas Act 1986;

(h)

the person in control of a gas production facility F4, a biomethane production facility, a gas processing facility, a storage facility F5, an LNG facility or an interconnector supplying gas to the network.

(3)

The reference in paragraph (2)(h) to the person in control of a production facility is—

(a)

where the facility is a fixed installation within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995f3, an operator within the meaning of that regulation;

(b)

where the facility is at a borehole site within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995f4, an operator within the meaning of that regulation.

(4)

A person conveying gas in a network may, subject to paragraph (5), direct a person not to consume gas for the period specified in the direction.

(5)

A direction under paragraph (4) may—

(a)

only be given where it is necessary to prevent a supply emergency or to prevent danger arising from the use of gas not conforming with the requirements of regulation 8;

(b)

be given orally or in writing and may be withdrawn at any time.

(6)

Where a direction is given to a person pursuant to paragraph (4), that person shall comply with it during the period specified in the direction except that this shall not require him to comply with a direction after it has been withdrawn.

(7)

In criminal proceedings for a contravention of paragraph (6) it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that he had no knowledge of the direction.

(8)

A person who conveys gas in a network shall, where he is requested to do so by a person proposing to carry out work in relation to a gas fitting, provide him with information about the operating pressures of the gas at the outlet of a service pipe.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 6(1) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 6(2)

F2

Words in reg. 6(2)(c) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 6(3)(a)

F3

Reg. 6(2)(ca) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 6(3)(b)

F4

Words in reg. 6(2)(h) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 6(3)(c)(i)

F5

Words in reg. 6(2)(h) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 6(3)(c)(ii)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 6 in force at 1.4.1996, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

1986 c. 44; section 7A was inserted by section 6 of the Gas Act 1995.

f2

Section 6A of the Gas Act 1986 was inserted by section 4 of the Gas Act 1995.

f3

S.I. 1995/738.

f4

S.I. 1995/2038.