SCHEDULES
C1F1SCHEDULE 2B The gas code
Sch. 2B applied (with modifications) (26.12.2023) by Energy Act 2023 (c. 52), s. 153(2)-(5), 334(3)(d)
Gas meters and fittings not to be subject to distress
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Any gas meter which is connected to a service pipe, and any gas fitting in a consumer’s premises which is owned by a F2gas transporter or gas supplier and is marked or impressed with a sufficient mark or brand indicating its owner—
a
shall not be subject to distress or be liable F4to be taken control of under Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, or to be taken in execution under process of any court or any proceedings in bankruptcy against the person in whose possession it may be; and
b
shall be deemed not to be a landlord’s fixture, notwithstanding that it may be fixed or fastened to any part of the premises in which it may be situated.
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In the application of sub-paragraph (1)(a) above to Scotland, for the word “distress ” and the words “in bankruptcy against ” there shall be substituted respectively the word F3attachment and the words “for the sequestration of the estate of ”.
Sch. 2B inserted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 9(2), Sch. 2; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2