Article 2 Provisions coming into force

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the following provisions of the Act come into force on 13th November 2009—

(a)

Part 1, Chapter 2 (importation and storage of combustible gas);

(b)

Schedule 1 (amendments relating to Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 1), so far as not already commenced; and section 36 (Chapters 2 and 3: consequential amendments) so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 1 commenced by this Order.

(2)

The provisions mentioned in paragraph (1) do not come into force so far as they relate to the use of a controlled place for the unloading of gas to a pipeline.

(3)

Those provisions come into force so far as they relate to the establishment or maintenance in a controlled place of an installation for the purposes of that activity; but for the purposes of this paragraph “installation” does not include any apparatus, works or services associated with the operation of a pipeline (within the meaning of section 26 of the Petroleum Act 1998^f1).

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Footnotes

f1: 1998 c. 17; section 26 was amended by section 78(3) of the Energy Act 2008.