{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-management-regulations-1996/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-management-regulations-1996/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/551",
  "legislation_title": "Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-management-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Content and other characteristics of gas",
  "text": "(1) No person shall, subject to paragraphs (1A) to (4), convey gas in a network unless the gas conforms with the requirements specified in Part I of Schedule 3.\n(1A) A person may convey out of specification biogas from a relevant facility in a relevant pipe for treatment or blending so as to bring it into conformity with those requirements.\n(1B) For the purposes of paragraph (1A)—\n“out of specification biogas” means gas which—\n(a)is biogas or produced from biogas, and\n(b)does not conform with the requirements specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3;\n“relevant facility” means a biomethane production facility or a gas processing facility;\n“relevant pipe” means a pipe used exclusively for conveying gas (including out of specification biogas) to—\n(a)the point where the gas is treated or blended, or\n(b)that point and non-domestic premises.\n(2) The network emergency co-ordinator may, where it is necessary to prevent a supply emergency and in accordance with the arrangements specified in his safety case pursuant to paragraph 3(d) of Schedule 2, authorise, for the period specified in the authorisation, gas not conforming with the requirements specified in Part I of Schedule 3 to be conveyed in the network if the gas conforms with the requirements specified in Part II of that Schedule.\n(3) An authorisation under paragraph (2) may be given orally or in writing and may be withdrawn at any time.\n(4) Where only one person conveys gas in a network, he may, where it is necessary to prevent a supply emergency and in accordance with the arrangements specified in his safety case pursuant to paragraph 19 of Schedule I, convey gas which does not conform with the requirements specified in Part I of Schedule 3 if the gas conforms with the requirements specified in Part II of that Schedule.\n(5) A person who conveys gas in a network shall ensure that suitable and sufficient tests are carried out to ensure that the gas conforms with the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2) or (4), as appropriate.\n(6) But paragraph (5) does not apply in respect of any out of specification biogas which is conveyed in a relevant pipe as permitted by paragraph (1A).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(1) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 8(1A)(1B) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 8(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 8(6) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 8(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 31.10.1996, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/551/regulation/8",
    "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."
}