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The Gas Safety (Rights of Entry) Regulations 1996
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- 1996 No. 2535
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Prohibition of reconnection etc.
9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall, except with the consent of the relevant authority or in pursuance of any directions given by the Secretary of State under regulation 8(3)—
(a)reconnect any gas fitting or any part of a gas system which has been disconnected by or on behalf of the relevant authority in the exercise of a power conferred by these Regulations where he knows or has reason to believe that it has been so disconnected; or
(b)reconnect any premises which have been disconnected by or on behalf of the relevant authority in the exercise of any such power where he knows or has reason to believe that it has been so disconnected; or
(c)cause gas from a gas main to be conveyed to any premises, where in pursuance of these Regulations the refusal of the relevant authority to convey gas or, as the case may be, allow gas to be conveyed to those premises has been signified and that refusal has not been withdrawn and he knows or has reason to believe that such refusal has been signified and has not been withdrawn.
(2) The prohibitions imposed by paragraph (1)(a) and (b) shall not apply—
(a)in the course of the repairing or testing of any gas fitting or any part of a gas system; or
(b)where all necessary steps have been taken to remedy and prevent a recurrence of the defect or other circumstance in respect of which the disconnection was carried out.
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