Citation, commencement and transitional provisions1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Gas (Connection Charges) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st October 2001.

(2)

Regulation 3 shall apply in respect of any main laid before the coming into force of these Regulations as if—

(a)

for sub-paragraph (c) of that regulation there were substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(c)

the amount required does not exceed any amount paid in respect of those expenses by such a person or by any person previously required to make a payment under these Regulations or the Gas (Connection Charges) Regulations 19862;” and

(b)

for sub-paragraph (e)(iii) of that regulation there were substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(iii)

the amounts paid in respect of those expenses by the persons for whom the main was laid, or by persons previously required to make a payment under these Regulations or the Gas (Connection Charges) Regulations 1986”.