19(1)Any gas fittings let for hire or lent to a consumer by a public gas supplier and marked or impressed with a sufficient mark or brand indicating the supplier as the owner thereof—
(a)shall not be subject to distress or be liable to be taken in execution under process of any court or any proceedings in bankruptcy against the person in whose possession they may be; and
(b)shall not be deemed to be landlord’s fixtures, notwithstanding that they may be fixed or fastened to any part of the premises in which they may be situated.
(2)In the application of sub-paragraph (1)(a) above to Scotland, for the word “distress” and the words “in bankruptcy against” there shall be substituted respectively the word “poinding” and the words “for the sequestration of the estate of”.