Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996

Interpretation E+W+S

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

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[F2 “the 1998 Regulations” means the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998;

“biogas” and “biomethane” have the meanings given in section 100(3) of the Energy Act 2008;

“biomethane production facility” means a facility for the production of biomethane from biogas;]

“distribution main” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of [F3 the 1998 Regulations];

“electricity generating station” includes an electricity generating station used for generating electricity for use on the same premises on which it is situated;

“emergency control” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of [F3 the 1998 Regulations];

[F4 “emergency reporting service provider” is to be construed in accordance with paragraphs (3A) and (3B) of regulation 3;]

“emergency service provider” means a person appointed pursuant to regulation 7(11);

“the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive;

“gas” means any substance in a gaseous state which consists wholly or mainly of methane;

“gas fittings” means gas fittings as defined in regulation 2(1) of [F3 the 1998 Regulations] as if the phrase “(other than the purpose of an industrial process carried out on industrial premises)” did not appear in that definition;

“gas processing facility” means any gas processing facility which—

(a)

blends or purifies gas, removes from gas any of its constituent gases or separates from gas any oil or water; and

(b)

is situated at a terminal which receives gas directly or indirectly from a gas production facility;

“gas production facility” means a facility for the extraction of gas from strata or for the manufacture of gas;

“installation pipework” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of [F3 the 1998 Regulations];

“interconnector” means a pipeline used for the conveyance of gas to Great Britain from another country;

[F5 “LNG facility” means a facility for the reception and regasification of liquid natural gas and any activity, including temporary storage of gas or liquid gas, which is necessary for that reception or regasification.]

“network” shall be construed in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4);

“network emergency co-ordinator” shall be construed in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 3;

“pipe” includes a pipeline, distribution main, service pipe and any ancillary plant connected to a pipe and used for the conveyance of gas, but it does not include a pipe downstream of an emergency control;

“safety case” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph (5);

“service pipe” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of [F3 the 1998 Regulations];

“supply emergency” means an emergency endangering persons and arising from a loss of pressure in a network or any part thereof.

(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a network is, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a reference to a connected network of pipes used for the conveyance of gas from a gas processing facility [F6 , a biomethane production facility, an LNG facility], a storage facility or an interconnector, except a connected network of pipes used exclusively for conveying gas to non-domestic premises.

(3) A network does not include pipes upstream from a junction on a pipe used exclusively for conveying gas to an electricity generating station; and in this paragraph the reference to a junction on a pipe used exclusively for conveying gas to an electricity generating station is a reference to the point where the upstream end of the pipe joins a pipe used for another purpose.

(4) Where gas [F7 (other than biogas or any gas produced from biogas)] which does not conform with the requirements referred to in regulation 8(1) is conveyed from a gas processing facility [F8 , or an LNG facility,] for treatment or blending so as to bring it into conformity with those requirements [F9 —

(a) any pipes used exclusively for conveying gas (other than biogas or gas produced from biogas) from that facility to the point where the gas is treated or blended or to non-domestic premises (or to both) are not to be treated as part of a network for the purposes of these Regulations;

(b) any pipes used exclusively for conveying gas (including biogas or gas produced from biogas) from that facility to the point where the gas is treated or blended or to non-domestic premises (or to both) are not to be treated as part of a network for the purposes of these Regulations at any time when they are being used to convey gas which is not biogas or produced from biogas.]

(5) Any reference in these Regulations to a safety case is a reference to a document containing the particulars required by the provision of these Regulations pursuant to which the safety case is prepared, and—

(a) insofar as the document contains other particulars it shall not be treated as part of the safety case for the purposes of these Regulations;

(b) nothing in these Regulations shall require the particulars to relate to a source of risk other than the gas itself.

(6) Any reference in these Regulations to the Executive accepting a safety case or revision thereof is a reference to the Executive notifying in writing the person who prepared it that it is satisfied with the case for health and safety made out in it.

(7) Any reference in these Regulations to the conveyance of gas is a reference to the conveyance of gas through pipes.

(8) Any reference in these Regulations to conveying gas in a network includes a reference to conveying gas in any part of the network.

(9) Any reference in these Regulations to preventing a supply emergency is a reference to preventing a supply emergency from occurring or continuing.

(10) In these Regulations any reference, in relation to a network, to the network emergency co-ordinator is a reference to the network emergency co-ordinator who has prepared and had accepted a safety case relating to that network pursuant to regulation 3(2) or 10(4).

[F10 (10A) In these Regulations any reference, in relation to a network, to an emergency reporting service provider is a reference to an emergency reporting service provider who has prepared and had accepted a safety case relating to that network pursuant to regulation 3(3A).]

(11) Any reference in these Regulations to a person supplying or conveying gas, preparing a safety case or carrying out work in relation to a gas fitting is a reference to a person who does so in the course of a business or other undertaking carried on by him.

(12) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to—

(a) a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered;

(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation or Schedule in which the reference appears.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2023) by virtue of The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 3(2)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 3(2)(b)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 3(2)(c)

F4 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 3(2)(d)

F5 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 3(2)(e)

F6 Words in reg. 2(2) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 3(3)

F7 Words in reg. 2(4) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 3(4)(a)

F8 Words in reg. 2(4) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 3(4)(b)

F9 Words in reg. 2(4) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 3(4)(c)

F10 Reg. 2(10A) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/284), regs. 1(3), 3(5)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.1996, see reg. 1