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6(1)This paragraph applies to any regulations made or having effect as if made under section 31 of the 1972 Act which—E+W+S
(a)are effective on the appointed day; and
(b)do not make such provision as is mentioned in subsections (2) to (4) of that section or in section 42(2) of that Act.
(2)Any regulations to which this paragraph applies shall have effect as if made under section 15 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 for [the general purpose of protecting the public from personal injury, fire, explosions and other dangers arising from the transmission or distribution of gas through pipes, or from the use of gas supplied through pipes]; and, subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the provisions of Part I of that Act and the provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly.
[(2A)In sub-paragraph (2) above “gas” has the same meaning as in Part I of this Act.]
(3)Section 1(2) of the said Act of 1974 shall have effect as if any regulations to which this paragraph applies were in force under an enactment specified in the third column of Schedule 1 to that Act.
(4)Section 20 of the said Act of 1974 shall have effect as if anything done before the appointed day in contravention of any regulations to which this paragraph applies has been done on or after that day.
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