Regulation 15 Fees payable in respect of gas safety functionsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

A fee is payable to the Executive by the person referred to in column 2 of Schedule 11 for the performance by the Executive of such functions conferred on the Executive as are specified in column 1 of that Schedule.

(2)

A fee is payable to the Executive by a person conveying gas who has prepared a safety case pursuant to the 1996 Regulations F1, by a network emergency co-ordinator or by an emergency reporting service provider for the performance by or on behalf of the Executive, or by an inspector appointed by it, of any function conferred on the Executive or the inspector by the 1974 Act which relates to the enforcement of any of the relevant statutory provisions against one or both of the following—

(a)

that person in relation to the network, including a pipeline that it is intended will form part of the network, to which the safety case relates; or

(b)

a contractor in relation to work carried out by that contractor on or in connection with that work, including work on a pipeline that it is intended will form part of that network,

insofar as such enforcement is for the purpose of protecting persons from risks arising from the manner in which gas is or is to be conveyed or used.

(3)

A fee is payable to the Executive by a person conveying gas who has prepared a safety case pursuant to the 1996 Regulations and a major accident prevention document pursuant to the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996^f1 for the performance by or on behalf of the Executive, or by an inspector appointed by it, of any function conferred on the Executive or the inspector by the 1974 Act which relates to the enforcement of any of the relevant statutory provisions against one or both of the following—

(a)

that person in relation to work relating to a major accident hazard pipeline, including the construction of a pipeline that it is intended will form part of the network, to which the major accident prevention document relates; or

(b)

a contractor in relation to work carried out by that contractor relating to a major accident hazard pipeline, including the construction of a pipeline that it is intended will form part of the network, to which the major accident prevention document relates.

(4)

For the purposes of this regulation and Schedule 11—

“the 1996 Regulations” means the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996^f2;
F2“emergency reporting service provider”, “network”, “network emergency co-ordinator” and “safety case” have the meanings given in the 1996 Regulations (see regulation 2(1) of those Regulations); and
“major accident hazard pipeline” has the same meaning as in the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 15(2) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 15(2)(a)
F2: Words in reg. 15(4) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 15(2)(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 15 in force at 21.12.2022, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1996/825. There are amendments to this instrument, but none are relevant to these Regulations.
f2: S.I. 1996/551. There are amendments to this instrument, but none are relevant to these Regulations.