Sch. 2B inserted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 9(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2

Words in Sch. 2B para. 11 substituted (1.10.2001) by 2000 c. 27, s. 108, Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2(1); S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)

Sch. 2B para. 11 modified (8.11.1995 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 26 of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 45, s. 17(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 26; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2

1974 c.37.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/44/schedule/2B/crossheading/restoration-of-supply-without-consent/2010-04-08Gas Act 1986An Act to provide for the appointment and functions of a Director General of Gas Supply and the establishment and functions of a Gas Consumers’ Council; to abolish the privilege conferred on the British Gas Corporation by section 29 of the Gas Act 1972; to make new provision with respect to the supply of gas through pipes and certain related matters; to provide for the vesting of the property, rights and liabilities of the British Gas Corporation in a company nominated by the Secretary of State and the subsequent dissolution of that Corporation; to make provision with respect to, and to information furnished in connection with, agreements relating to the initial supply of gas won under the authority of a petroleum production licence; and for connected purposes.1986-07-25texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-30Expert Participation2010-04-08 SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 2B The gas code Restoration of supply without consent11(1)

Where a consumer’s premises have been disconnected by a gas transporter, or a supply of gas to a consumer’s premises has been cut off by a gas supplier, otherwise than in the exercise of a power conferred by—

(a)

paragraph 20, 21 or 22 below;

(b)

regulations under section 18(2) or 18A(1) of this Act; or

(c)

regulations under section 15 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (health and safety regulations),

no person shall, without the relevant consent, reconnect the premises or restore the supply.

(2)

If any person acts in contravention of sub-paragraph (1) above—

(a)

he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale; and

(b)

the transporter or supplier may again disconnect the premises or, as the case may be, cut off the supply.

(3)

In this paragraph “the relevant consent ” means—

(a)

where the premises are reconnected, the consent of the gas transporter to whose main the reconnection is made;

(b)

where the supply is restored, the consent of the supplier who cut off the supply, or the consent of a person who is or is about to become a relevant gas supplier.

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