Gas Act 1986

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975

21 In Schedule 1 to the [1975 c. 30.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975—

(a) in paragraphs 3 to 3B, for references to the Corporation there shall be substituted references to a public gas supplier ;

(b) in paragraph 3, there shall be added at the end the following sub-paragraph—

“(3) In this paragraph and in paragraphs 3A and 3B below—

• ' gas' means any substance which is or (if it were in a gaseous state) would be gas within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986 ;

• ' public gas supplier' has the same meaning as in Part I of the Gas Act 1986 ;

• ' private gas supplier' means a person who is authorised by section 6 of the said Act of 1986, or by an authorisation under section 8 of that Act,, to supply gas through pipes to consumers' premises.”; and

(c) in paragraphs 3A and 3B, for references to a private supplier there shall be substituted references to a private gas supplier.