Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2B inserted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 9(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
4(1)This paragraph applies where a consumer is supplied with gas through a meter at a rate not exceeding 75,000 therms a year.E+W+S
(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the register of the meter shall be prima facie evidence of the quantity of gas supplied.
(3)Where the meter is found, when examined by a meter examiner appointed under section 17 of this Act, to register erroneously to a degree exceeding the degree permitted by regulations under that section, the meter shall be deemed to have registered erroneously to the degree so found since the relevant date, except in a case where it is proved to have begun to do so on some later date.
(4)In sub-paragraph (3) above “the relevant date ” means—
(a)the penultimate date on which, otherwise than in connection with the examination, the register of the meter was ascertained; or
(b)if regulations so provide, such other date as may be determined by or under the regulations.]