{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-management-regulations-1996/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-management-regulations-1996/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/551",
  "legislation_title": "Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-management-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Co-operation",
  "text": "(1) Every person to whom this paragraph applies shall co-operate so far as is necessary with a person conveying gas in a network , with a network emergency co-ordinator and with any emergency reporting service provider to enable them to comply with the provisions of these Regulations.\n(2) Paragraph (1) applies to—\n(a) a person conveying gas in the network;\n(b) an emergency service provider;\n(c) the network emergency co-ordinator in relation to a person conveying gas or an emergency reporting service provider ;\n(ca) an emergency reporting service provider in relation to a person conveying gas or a network emergency co-ordinator;\n(d) a person conveying gas in pipes which are not part of a network by virtue of regulation 2(3) or (4);\n(e) the holder of a licence issued under section 7A of the Gas Act 1986;\n(f) a person exempted under section 6A(1) of the Gas Act 1986 from paragraph (b) or (c) of section 5(1) of that Act;\n(g) a person referred to in paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2A to the Gas Act 1986;\n(h) the person in control of a gas production facility , a biomethane production facility, a gas processing facility, a storage facility , an LNG facility or an interconnector supplying gas to the network.\n(3) The reference in paragraph (2)(h) to the person in control of a production facility is—\n(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 1995, an operator within the meaning of that regulation;\n(b) where the facility is at a borehole site within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations 1995, an operator within the meaning of that regulation.\n(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.\n(5) A direction under paragraph (4) may—\n(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;\n(b) be given orally or in writing and may be withdrawn at any time.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 1.4.1996, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 44; section 7A was inserted by section 6 of the Gas Act 1995."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 6A of the Gas Act 1986 was inserted by section 4 of the Gas Act 1995."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/738."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2038."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/551/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:50:23.662832+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."
}