SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5 Public Gas Supply Code
Part I Supply of Gas to Tariff Customers
Installation of meters in new premises
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1
This paragraph applies where a meter is to be used to register the quantity of gas supplied to a tariff customer and—
a
the building has not previously been supplied with gas by the public gas supplier; or
b
a new or substituted pipe is to be laid between the public gas supplier’s main and the meter.
2
Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the meter shall be installed as near as practicable to the main, but within the outside wall of the building.
3
The meter may be installed otherwise than within the outside wall of the building if it is installed either—
C1a
in accommodation of a type and construction approved by the public gas supplier by an approval given in relation to buildings generally, or to any class or description of buildings; or
C1b
in a seperate meter house or other accommodation outside the building approved by the supplier in the case of that particular building.
4
If the requirements of this paragraph are not complied with, the public gas supplier may refuse to supply gas to the premises until those requirements have been complied with.