Amendment of the Gas (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2005

12.  The Gas (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2005(1) are amended as follows—

(a)in regulation 3 (interpretation)—

(i)for the definition of “relevant operator”(2) substitute—

“relevant operator” means the relevant gas transporter or the gas transporter according to the circumstances of the relevant customer’s case;

(ii)omit the definitions of “appropriate meter”, “margins of error” and “specified time”;

(b)for the heading of Part 2 (Gas supplier’s and gas transporter’s individual standards of performance), substitute “Gas transporter’s individual standards of performance”;

(c)omit regulations 4, 5, 6, 12(1) and (3), 14, 15(1), (3) and (4) and 16;

(d)in regulation 13(4) (exemptions), for the words “regulation 6(1) or 10(1)(d)”, substitute “regulation 10(1)(d)”;

(e)for the heading of Schedule 1, Part 1 (Prescribed periods and prescribed sums applicable to all gas suppliers and gas transporters), substitute “Prescribed Periods and Prescribed Sums Applicable to all Gas Transporters”; and

(f)in Schedule 1, Part 1, omit the entries in the table in relation to regulations 4(2), (4)(a) and (4)(b), 5(3), 6(2) and (3) and 12(3).

(1)

S.I. 2005/1135, amended by S.I. 2008/696.

(2)

The definition of “relevant operator” was substituted by S.I. 2008/696.