Amendment of the Gas Act 1986

2.  In the following provisions of the Gas Act 1986:—

(a) section 4(2)(d) (duty of Secretary of State etc. to enable persons to compete effectively);

(b) section 8(5)(b) (limitation of authorisation to premises a minimum distance from the main of a public gas supplier unless a specified rate of supply is exceeded of gas); and

(c) section 14(4)(b) (provision for special agreements with customers for a minimum supply of gas),

for “25,000 therms ” there shall be substituted “2,500 therms”.