Transitional and savings provision for the Gas Order
5.—(1) The following provisions apply notwithstanding any amendment or repeal made by these Regulations.
(2) Where the Authority has made a reference under Article 15 of the Gas Order before the operative date, Articles 15 to 17A of the Gas Order shall continue to have effect on and after the operative date in relation to the reference until any actions required or permitted under those Articles in connection with the reference have been taken.
(3) Paragraphs (4) and (5) apply where—
(a)the Authority has given notice under Article 14(3) of the Gas Order before the operative date; and
(b)the period specified in the notice by virtue of Article 14(3)(c) of that Order has not ended before that date.
(4) On and after the operative date the notice is to be treated for the purposes of Articles 14 to 14G of, and Schedule 3A to, the Gas Order as if it were a notice given under Article 14(2) of that Order.
(5) Any representations or objections made in accordance with Article 14(3)(c) of the Gas Order in connection with the notice before the operative date are to be treated on and after the operative date as if they were representations made in accordance with Article 14(2)(d) of that Order.
(6) The following references to provisions of the Gas Order are to those provisions as amended or inserted by these Regulations—
(a)the references in paragraph (4);
(b)the reference to Article 14(2)(d) in paragraph (5).
(7) In this regulation “operative date” means the date of coming into operation of regulation 3.