Gas Act 1986 (c. 44)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7 U.K. Minor And Consequential Amendments

[F1 The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 7 para. 21 repealed (S.) by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1), ss. 142, 149, Sch. 13

21 E+W+S In Schedule 1 to the M1 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975—

(a) in paragraphs 3 to 3B, for references to the Corporation there shall be substituted references to a public gas supplier;

(b) in paragraph 3, there shall be added at the end the following sub-paragraph—

“(3) In this paragraph and in paragraphs 3A and 3B below—

• “gas” means any substance which is or (if it were in a gaseous state) would be gas within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986;

• “public gas supplier” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Gas Act 1986;

• “private gas supplier” means a person who is authorised by section 6 of the said Act of 1986, or by an authorisation under section 8 of that Act, to supply gas through pipes to consumers’ premises.”; and

(c) in paragraphs 3A and 3B, for references to a private supplier there shall be substituted references to a private gas supplier.]

Marginal Citations

M1 1975 c. 30.