SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Minor and consequential amendments

Energy Act 1976 (c.76)

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1

In subsection (1) of section 9 of the Energy Act 1976 (liquefaction of offshore natural gas), for the words from “except” to the end there shall be substituted the words

except where—

a

methane or ethane is liquefied for the purpose of enabling it to be stored;

b

the process of liquefaction is carried out by a public gas transporter within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986; or

c

small quantities of liquid methane or ethane are produced in the course of a gas processing operation within the meaning of section 12 of the Gas Act 1995.

2

In subsection (2) of section 12 of that Act (disposal of gas by flaring, etc), for the words “except gas supplied by a public gas supplier” there shall be substituted the words “ except gas conveyed through pipes to premises by a public gas transporter ”.