Gas Act 1986

4 (1) In section 1(2) of the [1954 c. 21.] Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954—

(a) for the words " the Gas Act 1972 or regulations made there under, by any other enactment relating to gas " there shall be substituted the words "the Gas Act 1986 or regulations made under it, by any other enactment relating to gas" ; and

(b) for the words "the British Gas Corporation or an Electricity Board" there shall be substituted the words "a public gas supplier or an Electricity Board".

(2) In section 2(1)(a) of that Act—

(a) for the words " the Corporation or an " there shall be substituted the words "a public gas supplier or an" ; and

(b) for the words " the Corporation or such" there shall be substituted the words "a public gas supplier or such".

(3) In the said section 2(1), for the words " the Corporation or Board or their employee ", in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words "the supplier or Board or his or their employee".

(4) In section 2(3) of that Act, for the words " section 44 of the Gas Act 1972 (if entry is required for the purposes of the Corporation) " there shall be substituted the words "section 46 of the Gas Act 1986 (if entry is required for the purposes of a public gas supplier)".

(5) In section 3(1) of that Act—

(a) the definition of " the Corporation " shall be omitted ;

(b) for the definition of " employee " there shall be substituted the following definition—

• “' employee', in relation to a public gas supplier or to an Electricity Board, means an officer, servant or agent of the supplier or of the Board ;”;

(c) after the definition of " premises" there shall be inserted the following definition—

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