The Gas (Extent of Domestic Supply Licences) Order 1996

3.—(1) Subsection (2) of section 6 shall apply in relation to any domestic supply licence—

(a) in so far as it relates to any premises situated in the county of Cornwall, Devon or Somerset, as if for the relevant date there were substituted 29th April 1996; and

(b) in so far as it relates to any premises situated in the county of Avon, Dorset, East Sussex, Kent or West Sussex, as if for the relevant date there were substituted—

(i) such date as the Director may determine under paragraph (2) below, or

(ii) if no determination is made under that paragraph, 31st December 1997.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) above, the Director may determine a date which is:—

(a) neither earlier than 1st January 1997 nor later than 30th December 1997;

(b) at least four months after the Director’s proposal to determine a date for the purposes of that paragraph is notified under article 5 below; and

(c) at least two months after the date on which his determination is made.