Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2B inserted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 9(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
11(1)Where a consumer’s premises have been disconnected by a public 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 M1Health 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 public 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.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 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
Marginal Citations