SCHEDULES
C2F1SCHEDULE 2B The gas code
Sch. 2B applied (with modifications) (26.12.2023) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), s. 153(2)-(5), 334(3)(d)
Entry on discontinuance of supply
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This paragraph applies where—
a
a F2gas transporter or gas supplier is authorised by any provision of this Act to disconnect any premises, or, as the case may be, to cut off or discontinue the supply of gas to any premises;
b
a person occupying premises supplied with gas by a gas supplier ceases to require a supply of gas; or
c
a person entering into occupation of any premises previously supplied with gas by a gas supplier does not take a supply of gas.
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Any officer authorised by the F2gas transporter or gas supplier, after 24 hours’ notice to the occupier, or to the owner of the premises if they are unoccupied, may at all reasonable times, on production of some duly authenticated document showing his authority, enter the premises for the purpose of—
a
disconnecting the premises, or cutting off or discontinuing the supply of gas to the premises; or
b
removing any meter or other gas fitting owned by the transporter or supplier.
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The notice required to be given by sub-paragraph (2) above may, in the case of unoccupied premises the owner of which is unknown to the F2gas transporter or gas supplier and cannot be ascertained after diligent inquiry, be given by affixing it upon a conspicuous part of the premises not less than 48 hours before the premises are entered.
Sch. 2B inserted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 9(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2