SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Other amendments of Part I of 1986 Act

General functions of Director

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(1)

In subsection (1) of section 34 of the 1986 Act (general functions of Director), for the words “activities connected with the supply of gas through pipes” there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(a)

such activities as are mentioned in section 5(1) above; and

(b)

activities ancillary to such activities (including in particular the storage of gas, the provision and reading of meters and the provision of pre-payment facilities).”

(2)

In subsection (2) of that section, for the words “the supply of gas through pipes, and the persons providing such supplies” there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(a)

the carrying on of such activities as are mentioned in subsection (1) above; and

(b)

the persons by whom such activities are carried on,”.

(3)

In subsection (4) of that section, after the words “function of the Director” there shall be inserted the words “ or the Secretary of State. ”

(4)

After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(5)

The Director shall have power to make agreements with the Health and Safety Commission for the Director to perform on behalf of that Commission or the Health and Safety Executive (with or without payment) any of the functions of that Commission or, as the case may be, that Executive.”