Gas Act 1986

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2(1)A public gas supplier shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

(i)the M1Public Health Act 1925;

(ii)the M2Public Health Act 1936;

[F1(iii)Schedule 3 to the M3Water Act 1945;]

(iv)the M4Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(v)section 4 of the M5Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

[F1(vi)the M6Water Act 1948;]

(vii)the National Parks and Access to the M7Countryside Act 1949;

(viii)the M8Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(ix)the M9Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(x)the M10Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(xi)the M11Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

(xii)section 17(10) of the M12Public Health Act 1961;

(xiii)the M13Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xiv)Schedule 3 to the M14Harbours Act 1964;

(xv)Schedule 6 to the M15Gas Act 1965;

(xvi)

F2(xvii)section 56 of the M16Housing (Scotland) Act 1966;

(xviii)section 40 of the M17Forestry Act 1967;

(xix)section 50 of the M18Agriculture Act 1967;

(xx)sections 38 and 66 of the M19Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xxi)the M20New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxii)section 11 of and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the M21Countryside Act 1968;

(xxiii)section 22 of the M22Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxiv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(xxv)sections 19, 37, 45, 46, [F456B, 56G,] 108(2), 117 to 119, 121, 138, 154(3), 170 to 172, 175, 181, 195(6), 198(3), 199(2), 202(3), 205, 211, 212, 214, 216 to 230, 233(7), 242, 259, 266(6)(b) and 275(2) of, and Schedule 8, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 17 and Schedule 18 to, the M23Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(xxvi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(xxvii)sections 51 F6 of the M24Land Compensation Act 1973;

(xxviii)sections 47 and 67 of the M25Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973;

(xxix)section 73 of the Control of Pollution M26Act 1974;

(xxx)sections 33, 34 and 36A of the M27Housing (Scotland) Act 1974;

(xxxi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(xxxii)the M28Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(xxxiii)sections 15(3) and 26 of the M29Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

(xxxiv)the M30Development of Rural Wales Act 1976;

(xxxv)section 9(3) of the M31Inner Urban Areas Act 1978;

(xxxvi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

(xxxvii)the M32Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;

(xxxviii)section 16 of and Schedule 4 to the M33Water (Scotland) Act 1980;

(xxxix)Parts XII and XVI and section 120 of the M34Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(xl)the M35Highways Act 1980;

(xli)the M36New Towns Act 1981;

(xlii)the M37Acquisition of Land Act 1981;

(xliii)the M38Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(xliv)section 30 of the M39Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(xlv)section 2(2)(c) of the M40Cycle Tracks Act 1984;

(xlvi)the M41Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

(xlvii)the M42Building Act 1984;

(xlviii)sections 283(2) and 296 of the M43Housing Act 1985.

[F9(xlix)section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]

(2)References to gas undertakers in the following enactments shall have effect as references to a public gas supplier, namely—

(a)section 17(1)(b) of the M44Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945;

(b)the M45Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958;

(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

(d)section 204(2)(a) of the M46Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(e)sections 73(11)(c) and 74(11)(b) of the M47Highways Act 1980;

(f)section 48(6)(c) of the M48Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(g)paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the M49Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

(3)References in the M50Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 to a statutory company shall be deemed to include references to a public gas supplier.

(4)References to public utility undertakers in the M51Civil Defence Act 1939 shall be deemed to include references to a public gas supplier.

(5)A public gas supplier shall be deemed to be an undertaker for the purposes of sections 157 to 160 of the Highways Act 1980.

(6)A public gas supplier shall be deemed to be an excepted undertaker for the purposes of section 6 of the M52Water Act 1981.

(7)Paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 to the M53Telecommunications Act 1984 (undertakers’ works) shall apply to a public gas supplier for the purposes of any works carried out by him.

(8)The reference in section 82(4) of the M54Building Act 1984 (provisions with respect to demolition orders) to a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of gas shall have effect as a reference to a public gas supplier.

(9)In the following enactments, namely—

[F11(a)the M55Water Act 1948;]

(b)section 39 of the M56Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(c)paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the M57Gas Act 1965;

(d)the M58New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

(f)sections 195(6), 214 to 227, 266(6)(b) and 275(2) of, and Schedule 8 to, the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

(h)the M59Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(i)the M60Development of Rural Wales Act 1976;

(j)the M61New Towns Act 1981,

[F14(k)section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;]

“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a public gas supplier, shall mean the Secretary of State for Energy.

(10)In the following enactments, namely—

(a)the M62Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(b)Schedule 3 to the M63Harbours Act 1964;

(c)Section 121 of the M64Highways Act 1980; and

(d)the M65Acquisition of Land Act 1981,

“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a public gas supplier, shall mean the Secretary of State.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(iii)(vi) repealed (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190(3), Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)

F2Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(xvi) repealed by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. III

F3Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(xxiv) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1,2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F4Words inserted(S.)(prosp. by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 44:2), ss. 37, 57(2), Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 8 (and see also entry for that Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 8 for prosp. repeal of part of that inserting provision.)

F5Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(xxvi) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F6Words repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F7Sch. 7 para. 2(1) (xxxi) repealed by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. I

F8Sch. 7 para. 2(1) (xxxvi) repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(4), Sch. 18

F9Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(xlix) added by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(1), Sch. 4 para. 14(a)

F10Sch. 7 para. 2(2)(c) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F11Sch. 7 para. 2(9)(a) repealed (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190(3), Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)