Gas Act 1995

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

(i) the M1 Public Health Act 1925;

(ii) the M2 Public Health Act 1936;

(iii) the M3 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(iv) section 4 of the M4 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

(v) the M5 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949;

(vi) the M6 Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(vii) the M7 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(viii) the M8 Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ix) [F1 the M9 Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;]

(x) section 17(10) of the M10 Public Health Act 1961;

(xi) the M11 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xii) Schedule 3 to the M12 Harbours Act 1964;

(xiii) [F2 section 40 of the M13 Forestry Act 1967;]

(xiv) section 50 of the M14 Agriculture Act 1967;

(xv) sections 38 and 66 of the M15 Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xvi) the M16 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xvii) section 11 of and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the M17 Countryside Act 1968;

(xviii) section 22 of the M18 Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

F3 (xix) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xx) section 51 of the M19 Land Compensation Act 1973;

(xxi) [F4 section 47] of the M20 Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973;

(xxii) section 73 of the M21 Control of Pollution Act 1974;

(xxiii) the M22 Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(xxiv) sections 15(3) and 26 of the M23 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

F5 (xxv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxvi) section 9(3) of the M24 Inner Urban Areas Act 1978;

(xxvii) the M25 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;

(xxviii) [F6 Part] XVI and section 120 of the M26 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(xxix) the M27 Highways Act 1980;

(xxx) the M28 New Towns Act 1981;

(xxxi) the M29 Acquisition of Land Act 1981;

(xxxii) the M30 Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(xxxiii) section 30 of the M31 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(xxxiv) the M32 Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

(xxxv) the M33 Building Act 1984;

(xxxvi) [F7 section] 296 of the M34 Housing Act 1985;

(xxxvii) section 21 of the M35 Road Traffic Act 1988.

(xxxviii) section 9 of the M36 Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;

(xxxix) section 7(5) of the M37 Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991.

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

(a) section 17(1)(b) of the M38 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945;

(b) the M39 Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958;

(c) section 7A(4)(b)(ii) of the M40 Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966;

(d) section 109(2)(d) of the M41 Transport Act 1968;

F8 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) sections 73(11)(c) and 74(11)(b) of the Highways Act 1980;

(g) section 48(6)(c) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(h) paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the M42 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;

(i) section 80(3)(b) of the Building Act 1984;

(j) section 91 of the M43 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990;

(k) section 39 of the M44 Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990;

(l) section 52(1) of the M45 Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991;

(m) section 209(3)(b) of and paragraph 1(5)(e) of Schedule 13 to the M46 Water Industry Act 1991;

(n) section 208(3)(b) of and paragraph 1(4)(e) of Schedule 22 to the M47 Water Resources Act 1991;

(o) paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 6 to the M48 Land Drainage Act 1991.

(3) The reference in Schedule 4 to the M49 Public Health Act 1961 to gas undertakers shall have effect as a reference to a public gas transporter.

(4) References in the M50 Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 to a statutory company shall be deemed to include references to a public gas transporter.

F9 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) References to public utility undertakers in the M51 Highways Act 1980 shall be deemed to include references to a public gas transporter.

(7) [F10 Part 10 of Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code)] shall apply to a public gas transporter for the purposes of any works carried out by him.

(8) The reference in section 82(4) of the M52 Building 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 be construed as a reference to a public gas transporter.

(9) References to public undertakers in section 125(7) of, and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 8 to, the M53 Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 shall be deemed to include references to a public gas transporter.

(10) In the following enactments, namely—

(a) section 39 of the M54 Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(b) paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the M55 Gas Act 1965;

(c) the M56 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

F11 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) the M57 Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

F12 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g) the M58 New Towns Act 1981;

(h) section 9 of the M59 Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;

(i) section 7(5) of the M60 Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991,

• “the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a public gas transporter, shall mean the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.

(11) In the following enactments, namely—

(a) the M61 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(b) Schedule 3 to the M62 Harbours Act 1964;

(c) section 121 of the Highways Act 1980; and

(d) the M63 Acquisition of Land Act 1981,

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

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(ix) repealed (S.) (24.12.2010) by Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 6), s. 97(1), Sch. 3 para. 8 (with s. 91); S.S.I. 2010/401, art. 3(h)

F2 Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xiii) repealed (S.) (1.4.2019) by Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8), s. 85(2), sch. 2 (with s. 83); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-22)

F3 Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xix) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3).

F4 Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxi) substituted (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 4, 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 61.

F5 Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxv) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F6 Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxviii) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 135(2)(c) (with ss. 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F7 Word in Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxxvi) substituted (6.4.2006 for E., 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(4)(5)(f), Sch. 15 para. 39; S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(b) (with Sch.)

F8 Sch. 4 para. 2(2)(e) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3).

F9 Sch. 4 para. 2(5) repealed (14.11.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), s. 34(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(r)

F10 Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(7) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 37; S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)

F11 Sch. 4 para. 2(10)(d) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3).

F12 Sch. 4 para. 2(10)(f) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 4 para. 2(10): transfer of functions (5.3.2009) by Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/229), arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1(e)

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