The Gas (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2005 [No.1135] and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 1136

GAS

The Gas (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

Made

21st March 2005

The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority(1) in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 33A, 33AA, 33AB, 33D and 47 of the Gas Act 1986(2), after consultation with the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council(3), gas suppliers and gas transporters and with persons and bodies appearing to be representatives of persons likely to be affected by the Regulations, after considering the results of research to discover the views of a representative sample of persons likely to be affected, and with the consent of the Secretary of State in accordance with section 33A(2) of the Gas Act 1986(4), makes the following Regulations–

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gas (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 2005.

(2) In these Regulations, “the Principal Regulations” means the Gas (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2005(5).

Amendment of the Principal Regulations

2.  Regulation 1 of the Principal Regulations shall be amended by substituting for the word “April”, in paragraph (1), the word “May”.

The seal of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority here affixed is authenticated by the signature of

L.S.

David Gray

A member of the Authority

17th March 2005

I Consent

Mike O'Brien

Minister of State for Industry and Energy

Department of Trade and Industry

10th March 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Gas (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2005 (S.I.2005/1135) (the Principal Regulations).

These Regulations change the date that the Principal Regulations come into force from 1^st April 2005 to 1^st May 2005 so as to ensure that the coming into force of the Principal Regulations coincides with the introduction of a new standard special licence condition governing standards of performance.

(1)

The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority was established under section 1(1) of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27).

(2)

1986 c. 44: section 33A was inserted by the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992 (c. 43) and amended by Schedule 3 paragraph 34 of the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45) and, section 90(1)(b) and Schedule 6, paragraph 13 to the Utilities Act 2000; sections 33AA and 33AB were inserted by section 90(2) of the Utilities Act 2000 and section 33D was substituted by section 94 of the Utilities Act 2000.

(3)

The Gas and Electricity Consumer Council was established under section 2(1) of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27).

(4)

1986 c. 44: Section 33A(2) was amended by Schedule 6 paragraph 13 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27).

(5)

S.I. 2005/1135.