It shall be the duty of the Director General of Gas Supply, where either he considers it expedient or he is requested by the Secretary of State to do so, to give information, advice and assistance to the Secretary of State with respect to any matter in respect of which any function of the Secretary of State under this Act is exercisable.
There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other Act.
In this Act—
“the 1986 Act” means the [1986 c. 44.] Gas Act 1986;
“the appointed day” means the day appointed under section 18(2) below.
(1)The enactments and instrument specified in Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified (being minor amendments or amendments consequential on the preceding provisions of this Act).
(2)The Secretary of State may by order make such consequential modifications of any provision contained in any public general Act passed before the appointed day as appear to him necessary or expedient in respect of—
(a)any reference in that provision to a public gas supplier;
(b)any reference in that provision (in whatever terms) to a person authorised to supply gas through pipes by virtue of section 7 or 8 of the 1986 Act; or
(c)any reference in that provision (in whatever terms) to a person carrying on a gas undertaking or to such an undertaking.
(3)The Secretary of State may by order make such consequential modifications of any provision contained in—
(a)any Act passed before the appointed day which is not a public general Act; or
(b)any subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the [1978 c. 30.] Interpretation Act 1978) made before that day,
as appear to him necessary or expedient.
(4)An order under subsection (2) or (3) above shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(1)The transitional provisions and savings contained in Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect; but those provisions and savings are without prejudice to sections 16 and 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (effect of repeals).
(2)In that Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, expressions which are also used in the 1986 Act have the same meanings as in that Act.
(3)The Secretary of State may by order make such other transitional provisions and savings as appear to him necessary or expedient.
(4)An order under subsection (3) above shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(5)The enactments specified in Schedule 6 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Gas Act 1995.
(2)This Act, except—
(a)this section;
(b)sections 8(2), 11(1) to (5), 12 and 13;
(c)section 17(1) and (2) and Schedule 5; and
(d)so far as relating to the repeal of section 62(7) of the 1986 Act, section 17(5) and Schedule 6,
shall come into force on the appointed day, that is to say, such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument under this subsection appoint.
(3)Without prejudice to section 13 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (anticipatory exercise of powers), any power conferred on the Secretary of State or the Director by a provision of this Act which comes into force by virtue of subsection (2) above may be exercised before the appointed day provided that nothing done in the exercise of that power has effect before that day.
(4)Section 12 above shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument under this subsection appoint.
(5)This Act, except—
(a)this section;
(b)subsections (1) to (6) of section 11;
(c)paragraphs 1 to 3, 6, 7, 23 and 30 of Schedule 5 and section 17(1) and (2) so far as relating to those paragraphs; and
(d)Schedule 6 and section 17(5) so far as relating to the repeals of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the [1973 c. 41.] Fair Trading Act 1973 and sections 62(7) and 63 of and paragraph 15(4) of Schedule 7 to the 1986 Act,
does not extend to Northern Ireland.