Regulation 10 Transitional provisionsI1

Where a person conveys gas in a network before 12th May 1998 it shall be sufficient compliance by him with regulation 3(1)(a) if—

The absence of acceptance by the Department of a safety case prepared pursuant to regulation 3(1)(a) shall not prevent the conveyance of gas between the time of sending the safety case to the Department and 12th May 1998.

Regulation 3(1)(b) need not be complied with until 12th December 1997 if on 12th May 1997 a single person who is willing to act as the network emergency co-ordinator for the network has been appointed for that purpose by all persons conveying gas in the network on 12th May 1997.

A person appointed pursuant to paragraph (3) shall by 12th September 1997 prepare and send to the Department a safety case containing the particulars specified in Schedule 2.

Nothing in paragraph (3) shall prevent a person who conveys gas in the network from being appointed under that paragraph.