Introductory text

GAS

Made 17th January 2002

Coming into force 1st April 2002

The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority^f1 in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 33A, 33AB, 33D and 47 of the Gas Act 1986^f2 after consultation^f3 with the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council^f4, gas suppliers and gas transporters and with persons and bodies appearing to be representatives of persons likely to be affected by the Regulations, after considering the results of research to discover the views of a representative sample of persons likely to be affected, and with the consent of the Secretary of State in accordance with section 33A(2) of the Gas Act 1986, makes the following Regulations—

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Footnotes

f1: The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority was established by section 1 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27).
f2: 1986 c. 44, Section 33A was inserted by the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992 (c. 43) and amended by Schedule 3 paragraph 34 of the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45) and, section 90(1)(b) and Schedule 6, paragraph 13 to the Utilities Act 2000; section 33AB was inserted by section 90(2) of the Utilities Act 2000 and section 33D was substituted by section 94 of the Utilities Act 2000.
f3: The Utilities Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1782) amends the requirement for consultation set out in section 33BAA of the Gas Act 1986 which was inserted by section 92 of the Utilities Act 2000.
f4: The Gas and Electricity Consumer Council was established under section 2 of the Utilities Act 2000.