Gas Act 1986

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[F119E Sections 19A to 19D: supplemental.E+W+S

(1)In [F2sections 19A to 19DA] and this section—

“accounting information” means such accounting records as would be required by [F3section 386 of the Companies Act 2006] in respect of each of the storage or (as the case may be) treatment activities undertaken by the owner of the facility if those activities were the only business undertaken by the owner and the owner were a person to whom that section applied;
F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F5“LNG import facility” means a facility for the following—
(a)
the importation of liquid gas;
(b)
the regasification of liquid gas following its importation and prior to its conveyance to a pipeline system operated by a gas transporter; and
(c)
any temporary storage of liquid gas which is necessary for the operation of the facility;]
“main commercial conditions” means—
(a)
[F6in the case of a storage facility, such information as would enable a potential applicant for a right to have gas or liquid gas stored in the facility to make a reasonable assessment of the cost of, or the method of calculating the cost of, acquiring that right;
(aa)
in the case of an LNG import facility, the terms setting out the cost or the method of determining the cost of acquiring the right to have liquid gas treated in the facility;]
(b)
the other significant terms on which such a right [F7as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (aa)] would be granted; and
(c)
such additional information as the Director may from time to time specify by notice;
[F8“new facility” means—
(a)
a storage facility the construction of which is or is to be completed after 3rd August 2003; or
(b)
a storage facility the modification of which to provide for a significant increase in capacity is or is to be completed after 3rd August 2003]
“owner” in relation to a storage facility or an [F9LNG import facility] includes any person occupying or having control of the facility;
“significant transaction” means—
(a)
any transaction which relates to rights to have [F10gas or liquid gas stored in a storage facility], or (as the case may be) [F11liquid gas treated in an LNG import facility]; and
(b)
any other transaction which is of a description specified from time to time by the Director by notice;
[F12“storage”, in relation to liquid gas in a storage facility, includes any liquefaction of gas or regasification of liquid gas ancillary to the storage of liquid gas, and “stored”, in relation to liquid gas in a storage facility, shall be construed accordingly;]
[F13“storage facility” means a facility in Great Britain (excluding the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom) for either or both of the following—
(a)
the storage of gas in cavities in strata or in porous strata, provided that the facility is or will be used for the storage of gas which has previously been conveyed in a pipeline system operated by a gas transporter;
(b)
the storage of liquid gas;
but the reference in paragraph (b) to the storage of liquid gas does not include such temporary storage as is mentioned in paragraph (c) of the definition of “LNG import facility”]
[F14“treatment”, in relation to liquid gas in an LNG import facility, includes importation, temporary storage and regasification, and “treat” shall be construed accordingly.]

(2)For the purpose of considering an application under section 19B(8) or 19D(8), the Director may by notice require the owner of the relevant facility to provide him with accounting information and details of the main commercial terms of any significant transactions with associated undertakings.

(3)Owners of relevant facilities shall keep their internal accounts in such manner as will enable them to provide accounting information if required to do so by a notice under subsection (2).

(4)For the purposes of sections 19B and 19D, an undertaking is an associated undertaking of another undertaking if one of the undertakings has control of the other, or both undertakings are under the control of the same person or persons; and subsections (2) to (5) of section 416 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 shall apply with any necessary modifications for the purposes of this subsection as they apply for the purposes of Part XI of that Act.

(5)Any reference in section 19B to a right to have gas or gas of [F15any kind, or liquid gas or liquid gas of any kind,] stored in a storage facility includes a reference to a right to introduce into, or take out of, such a facility gas or gas of [F16that kind, or liquid gas or liquid gas of that kind,].

F17(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 19A-19E inserted (10.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/1937, reg. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 1

F2Words in s. 19E(1) substituted (26.8.2004) by The Gas (Third Party Access) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2043), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6(a)

F3Words in s. 19E(1) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 98 (with arts. 6, 11, 12)

F4Words in s. 19E(1) omitted (26.8.2004) by virtue of The Gas (Third Party Access) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2043), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6(b)

F5Words in s. 19E(1) substituted (26.8.2004) by The Gas (Third Party Access) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2043), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6(c)

F6Words in s. 19E(1) substituted (26.8.2004) by The Gas (Third Party Access) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2043), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6(d)

F7Words in s. 19E(1) inserted (26.8.2004) by The Gas (Third Party Access) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2043), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6(e)

F8Words in s. 19E(1) inserted (26.8.2004) by The Gas (Third Party Access) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2043), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6(f)

F9Words in s. 19E(1) substituted (26.8.2004) by The Gas (Third Party Access) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2043), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6(g)

F10Words in s. 19E(1) substituted (26.8.2004) by The Gas (Third Party Access) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2043), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 6(h)(i)