Local gas transportation hereditaments
10.—(1) Where a company which is a designated person by virtue of regulation 3(1) and Part 5 of the Schedule occupies or, if it is unoccupied, owns what would, apart from these Regulations, be more than one hereditament, and each of those hereditaments satisfies the conditions set out in paragraph (2), those hereditaments shall be treated as one hereditament.
(2) The conditions are that each of the hereditaments is—
(a)used wholly or mainly for the purposes of the designated person acting as a gas transporter; and
(b)not an excepted hereditament.
(3) In paragraph (2)—
“excepted hereditament” means a hereditament consisting of or comprising premises used wholly or mainly as office premises, where those premises are not situated on operational land of the designated person; and
“gas transporter” has the meaning given by section 7 of the Gas Act 1986(1);
(4) The hereditament described in paragraph (1) shall be treated as occupied by the relevant designated person.
1986 c. 44. Relevant amendments made by section76 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27).