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9[ General powers and duties.]E+W+S
(1)It shall be the duty of a [gas transporter] as respects each authorised area of his—
(a)to develop and maintain an efficient and economical pipe-line system for the conveyance of gas; and
(b)subject to paragraph (a) above, to comply, so far as it is economical to do so, with any reasonable request for him [—
(i)]
to connect to that system, and convey gas by means of that system to, any premises [; or.
(ii)to connect to that system a pipe-line system operated by an authorised transporter.]
[(1A)It shall also be the duty of a gas transporter to facilitate competition in the supply of gas.]
(2)It shall also be the duty of a [gas transporter] to avoid any undue preference or undue discrimination—
(a)in the connection of premises [, or a pipe-line system operated by an authorised transporter,] to any pipe-line system operated by him; or
(b)in the terms on which he undertakes the conveyance of gas by means of such a system.
(3)The following provisions shall have effect, namely—
(a)Schedule 3 to this Act (which provides for the acquisition of land by [gas transporters]); and
(b)Schedule 4 to this Act (which relates to the breaking up of streets and bridges by such transporters).
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