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Gas Act 1995, Paragraph 23 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

23(1)In subsection (1)(c) of section 25 of the 1986 Act (reports on modification references), for the words “the conditions of the authorisation” there shall be substituted the words “ the relevant conditions ”.E+W+S

(2)In subsection (2) of that section, for the words “public gas supplier” there shall be substituted the words “ holder of the licence or, as the case may be, any of the relevant licence holders ”.

(3)In paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of that section, for the words “such a report, send a copy of it to the public gas supplier” there shall be substituted the words “ a report on a reference under section 24(1) above, send a copy of it to the licence holder ”.

(4)After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(5A)Subject to subsection (6) below, the Director shall—

(a)on receiving a report on a reference under section 24(1A) above, send a copy of it to the Secretary of State; and

(b)not less than 14 days after that copy is received by the Secretary of State—

(i)send another copy to the Council and to each relevant licence holder; and

(ii)not less than 24 hours after complying with sub-paragraph (i) above, publish the copy sent to the Council in such manner as he considers appropriate for bringing the report to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it.

(5)In subsection (6) of that section—

(a)after the words “subsection (5)” there shall be inserted the words “ or (5A) ”; and

(b)for the words from “the copy of the report” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ the copy of the report, or (as the case may be) each copy of the report, to be sent and published as mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection ”.

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