Gas Act 1995

4 (1) In relation to gas, subsection (5)(b) of section 9 of the Statistics of Trade Act 1947 (restriction on disclosure of information obtained under that Act) shall have effect as if the references to the total quantity or value of any articles produced, sold or delivered included a reference to each of the following, that is to say—

(a) the total quantity or value of gas which is supplied in Great Britain;

(b) the total quantity or value of gas which in Great Britain is supplied—

(i) for the same purposes, or for different purposes but in similar quantities;

(ii) to premises appearing to the Secretary of State to be of the same description; or

(iii) on terms appearing to the Secretary of State to be similar as respects continuity of supply;

(c) the total quantity of gas which in Great Britain is conveyed or shipped to premises for supply purposes, or is stored; and

(d) the total quantity of gas which in Great Britain is conveyed or shipped to or from, or is stored in, facilities or pipe-line systems appearing to the Secretary of State to be of the same description.

(2) If different areas of Great Britain are specified for any purposes of this paragraph by order made by the Secretary of State, this paragraph shall have effect for those purposes as if any reference to Great Britain included a reference to each of those areas.

(3) An order under this paragraph shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4) In this paragraph—

• “convey” means convey through pipes;

• “for supply purposes”, in relation to any conveyance or shipment of gas to any premises, means with a view to the gas being supplied to the premises, or being used in the premises by the holder of a licence under section 7A(2) of the 1986 Act;

• “gas” and “public gas transporter” have the same meanings as in Part I of the 1986 Act;

• “store” means store in, or in a facility which is connected (directly or indirectly) to, a pipe-line system operated by a public gas transporter;

• “supply”, in relation to gas, means supply to premises to which the gas has been conveyed, other than supply (directly or indirectly) to a public gas transporter, gas supplier or gas shipper.

(5) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) gas is shipped if, in pursuance of arrangements made with a public gas transporter, it is introduced into, conveyed by means of or taken out of a pipe-line system operated by that transporter; and

(b) any reference to the shipment of gas to any premises, or to or from any facilities or pipe-line systems, shall be construed accordingly.