The Gas Act 1995 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) (No. 2) Order 1996

Requests for supply of gas to premises

3.—(1) Any request for the supply of gas to any premises which is made to a public gas supplier before the appointed day as provided for in section 9(1)(b) of the 1986 Act shall on and after that day have effect as if it were—

(a) a request made to the public gas supplier’s supply successor for a supply of gas; and

(b) if the premises are not connected to the pipe-line system maintained by the public gas supplier’s transport successor, a request to the public gas supplier’s transport successor as provided for in the new section 9(1)(b) for the premises to be connected to that system.

(2) In this article, the reference to the new section 9(1)(b) is a reference to section 9(1)(b) of the 1986 Act as substituted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the 1995 Act.