Version Superseded: 01/03/1996
Point in time view as at 01/07/1992. This version of this provision has been superseded.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992, Section 53.
(1)In Schedule 5 to the M1Gas Act 1986 (the public gas supply code), the following sub-paragraph shall be added at the end of paragraph 3—
“(4)A public gas supplier who, for the purpose of meeting the needs of a disabled person—
(a)alters the position of any gas meter which has been provided by that supplier, or
(b)replaces such a meter with one which has been specially adapted,
shall not make any charge for the alteration or replacement.”
(2)The following subsection shall be inserted in section 148 of the M2Water Industry Act 1991 (restriction on charging for metering works), after subsection (1)—
“(1A)References in subsection (1) above to expenses include references to expenses incurred in meeting the needs of a disabled person.”
(3)The following subsection shall be inserted in section 148 of the Act of 1991, after subsection (4)—
“(4A)Subsection (4) above is subject to any regulations made by virtue of section 149(2)(aa) below.”
(4)In section 149(2) of the Act of 1991 (regulations about metering etc.), the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (a)—
“(aa) require a relevant undertaker who, for the purpose of meeting the needs of a disabled person—
(i)alters the position of any meter;
(ii)installs an additional meter; or
(iii)does any other work in connection with any meter,
to bear any expenses incurred by the undertaker in doing so; ”.
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