F1SCHEDULE 2B The gas code
Installation of meters in new premises etc.
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(1)
This paragraph applies where a meter is to be used to register the quantity of gas supplied to a consumer and—
(a)
gas has not previously been conveyed by the F2gas transporter to the consumer’s premises;
(b)
a new or substituted pipe is to be laid between the transporter’s main and the meter; or
(c)
the meter is to be installed in a different position.
(2)
Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the meter shall be installed as near as practicable to the F3gas transporter’s main, but within a building comprised in the premises.
(3)
The meter may be installed otherwise than within a building comprised in the premises if it is installed either—
(a)
in accommodation of a type and construction approved by the F2gas transporter by an approval given in relation to premises generally, or to any class or description of premises; or
(b)
in a separate meter house or other accommodation outside a building comprised in the premises which is approved by the transporter in the case of those particular premises.
(4)
If the requirements of this paragraph are not complied with, the F2gas transporter may refuse to connect or, as the case may be, disconnect the consumer’s premises.