The Gas (Applications for Licences and Extensions and Restrictions of Licences) Regulations 2001

Notice of applications

8.—(1) The period prescribed for the purpose of section 7B(2) of the Act (notice of applications) is seven days.

(2) The notice of an application to be published within the prescribed period—

(a) in respect of an application for an extension of a gas transporter licence, shall be published—

(i) where the application relates solely to premises in any part of England and Wales, in the London Gazette; or

(ii) where the application relates solely to premises in any part of Scotland, in the Edinburgh Gazette; and

(b) in respect of any other notice of application, shall be published in the London and Edinburgh Gazettes.

(3) Notice of an application in respect of a gas supplier licence which would authorise, or authorises, the supply of gas to domestic premises to which gas is to be, or is, conveyed by a gas transporter shall also be published within the prescribed period—

(a) where the application relates to premises of a specified description and is not limited to premises situated in an area specified in the application, in such newspapers as are calculated to ensure that the notice is circulated throughout Great Britain;

(b) where the applications relates to premises situated in an area specified in the application, in such newspapers as are calculated to ensure that the notice is circulated throughout that area;

(c) where the application relates to particular premises, in such newspapers as are calculated to ensure that the notice is circulated throughout the area or areas in which those premises are situated.

(4) Notice of an application in respect of a gas transporter licence shall also be published within the prescribed period where the application relates to the conveyance of gas through pipes to premises in a specified area, in such newspapers as are calculated to ensure that the notice is circulated throughout that area.

(5) The applicant shall deliver, or send by prepaid post, a copy of the London and, if applicable, Edinburgh Gazettes and of each newspaper in which notice of the application is published in accordance with this regulation to the Authority at its principal office within seven days of their publication.

(6) In this regulation “the prescribed period” means the period referred to in paragraph (1).