{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-underground-storage-certificates-england-and-wales-regulations-1967/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-underground-storage-certificates-england-and-wales-regulations-1967/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1967/1167",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas (Underground Storage) (Certificates) (England and Wales) Regulations 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-underground-storage-certificates-england-and-wales-regulations-1967",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these regulations—\n“the Act” means the Gas Act 1965;\n“certificate” means a certificate issued under the provisions of Schedule 3 to the Act;\n“controlled operations” has the meaning given to that expression by section 5 of the Act;\n“gas authority” and “river authority” have the meanings assigned to them by section 28 of the Act;\n“local planning authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962, but does not include the Greater London Council;\n“Minister concerned with water resources” means—\n(a) in relation to land in a river authority area which is wholly in England, the Minister of Housing and Local Government;\n(b) in relation to land in a river authority area which is wholly in Wales, the Secretary of State;\n(c) in relation to land in a river authority area partly in England and partly in Wales, the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the Secretary of State acting either jointly or one of them acting on behalf of both;\n“the parties concerned” means the gas authority and the applicant for a certificate;\n“planning Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister of Housing and Local Government and, in relation to Wales, the Secretary of State;\n“statutory licence to abstract water” means a licence under Part IV of the Water Resources Act 1963.\n(2) For the purposes of these regulations Monmouthshire shall be deemed to be in Wales and not in England.\n(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1967/1167/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:32:36.059791+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."
}