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Utilities Act 2000
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Investigations being carried out under the 1986 ActE+W+S
31(1)This paragraph applies to any matter—E+W+S
(a)being investigated by the Director General of Gas Supply under section 31 of the 1986 Act (duty to investigate certain matters) immediately before the repeal by this Act of that section;
(b)being investigated by the Gas Consumers’ Council under section 32 of the 1986 Act immediately before the commencement of section 22(1) above;
(c)being investigated by that Council under section 32A of the 1986 Act immediately before the repeal by this Act of that section;
(d)being investigated by that Council under section 33 of the 1986 Act (power to investigate certain matters) immediately before the commencement of section 23(1) above.
(2)If the matter being investigated is a matter which appears to the Council to be a matter which is or amounts to a complaint to which section 32 of the 1986 Act (as substituted by section 22(1) above) applies, the Council shall treat the matter as if it were a complaint referred to it under that section.
(3)In any other case the Authority shall either—
(a)agree with the Council that the Council is to investigate the matter under section 33 of the 1986 Act (as substituted by section 23(1) above); or
(b)make such further investigations of the matter, and take such action, as it considers appropriate.
(4)Where the Council or the Authority is required by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) to investigate a matter, it may treat anything done by the Director General of Gas Supply or the Gas Consumers’ Council in investigating that matter as if done for the purposes of its own investigation.
(5)The Director General of Gas Supply and the Gas Consumers’ Council shall give the Authority and the Council such information or assistance as may be necessary to enable them to carry out their functions under this paragraph.
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I1Sch. 7 para. 31 wholly in force at 7.11.2000 by S.I. 2000/2974, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-12)
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