Gas Act 1986

2 (1) A public gas supplier shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

(i) the [1925 c. 71.] Public Health Act 1925 ;

(ii) the [1936 c. 49.] Public Health Act 1936 ;

(iii) Schedule 3 to the [1945 c. 42.] Water Act 1945 ;

(iv) the [1947 c. 42.] Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 ;

(v) section 4 of the [1948 c. 17.] Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

(vi) the [1948 c. 22.] Water Act 1948 ;

(vii) the [1949 c. 97.] National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949;

(viii) the [1951 c. 65.] Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 ;

(ix) the [1954 c. 56.] Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ;

(x) the [1958 c. 69.] Opencast Coal Act 1958 ;

(xi) the [1961 c. 47.] Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 ;

(xii) section 17(10) of the [1961 c. 64.] Public Health Act 1961 ;

(xiii) the [1962 c. 58.] Pipe-lines Act 1962 ;

(xiv) Schedule 3 to the [1964 c. 40.] Harbours Act 1964 ;

(xv) Schedule 6 to the [1965 c. 36.] Gas Act 1965 ;

(xvi) section 10 of the [1965 c. 46.] Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965 ;

(xvii) section 56 of the [1966 c. 49.] Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 ;

(xviii) section 40 of the [1967 c. 10.] Forestry Act 1967 ;

(xix) section 50 of the [1967 c. 22.] Agriculture Act 1967 ;

(xx) sections 38 and 66 of the [1967 c. 86.] Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 ;

(xxi) the [1968 c. 16.] New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 ;

(xxii) section 11 of and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the [1968 c. 41.] Countryside Act 1968 ;

(xxiii) section 22 of the [1968 c. 47.] Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 ;

(xxiv) sections 22, 40, 48, 49, 118(2), 127 to 129, 132, 149, 165(3), 181, 182, 183, 186, 192, 206(6), 209(3), 210(2), 216, 222, 223, 225 to 241, 245(7)(a), 255, 281(6)(b) and 290(2) of, and Schedule 10, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 19 and Schedule 20 to, the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 ;

(xxv) sections 19, 37, 45, 46, 108(2), 117 to 119, 121, 138, 154(3), 170 to 172, 175, 181,195(6), 198(3), 199(2), 202(3), 205, 211, 212, 214, 216 to 230, 233(7), 242, 259, 266(6) and 275 (2) of, and Schedule 8, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 17 and Schedule 18 to, the [1972 c. 52.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(xxvi) paragraph 36 of Schedule 16 to the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 ;

(xxvii) sections 51 and 71 of the [1973 c. 26.] Land Compensation Act 1973 ;

(xxviii) sections 47 and 67 of the [1973 c. 56.] Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 ;

(xxix) section 73 of the [1974 c. 40.] Control of Pollution Act 1974 ;

(xxx) sections 33, 34 and 36A of the [1974 c. 45.] Housing (Scotland) Act 1974. ;

(xxxi) section 10(4) of the [1975 c. 69.] Scottish Development Agency Act 1975. ;

(xxxii) the [1975 c. 70.] Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 ;

(xxxiii) sections 15(3) and 26 of the [1976 c. 57.] Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 ;

(xxxiv) the [1976 c. 75.] Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 ;

(xxxv) section 9(3) of the [1978 c. 50.] Inner Urban Areas Act 1978 ;

(xxxvi) section 13 of the [1979 c. 11.] Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979 ;

(xxxvii) the [1979 c. 46.] Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 ;

(xxxviii) section 16 of and Schedule 4 to the [1980 c. 45.] Water (Scotland) Act 1980 ;

(xxxix) Parts XII and XVI and section 120 of the [1980 c. 65.] Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 ;

(xl) the [1980 c. 66.] Highways Act 1980 ;

(xli) the [1981 c. 64.] New Towns Act 1981 ;

(xlii) the [1981 c. 67.] Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ;

(xliii) the [1982 c. 16.] Civil Aviation Act 1982 ;

(xliv) section 30 of the [1982 c. 30.] Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 ;

(xlv) section 2(2)(c) of the [1984 c. 38.] Cycle Tracks Act 1984 ;

(xlvi) the [1984 c. 54.] Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 ;

(xlvii) the [1984 c. 55.] Building Act 1984 ;

(xlviii) sections 283(2) and 296 of the [1985 c. 68.] Housing Act 1985.

(2) References to gas undertakers in the following enactments shall have effect as references to a public gas supplier, namely—

(a) section 17(1)(b) of the [1945 c. 43.] Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945 ;

(b) the [1958 c. 50.] Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958 ;

(c) section 215(2)(a) of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 ;

(d) section 204(2)(a) of the [1972 c. 52.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 ;

(e) sections 73(11)(c) and 74(11)(b) of the [1980 c. 66.] Highways Act 1980 ;

(f) section 48(6)(c) of the [1982 c. 16.] Civil Aviation Act 1982 ;

(g) paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the [1984 c. 27.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

(3) References in the [1927 c. 36.] Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 to a statutory company shall be deemed to include references to a public gas supplier.

(4) References to public utility undertakers in the [1939 c. 31.] Civil Defence Act 1939 shall be deemed to include references to a public gas supplier.

(5) A public gas supplier shall be deemed to be an undertaker for the purposes of sections 157 to 160 of the Highways Act 1980.

(6) A public gas supplier shall be deemed to be an excepted undertaker for the purposes of section 6 of the [1981 c. 12.] Water Act 1981

(7) Paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 to the [1984 c. 12.] Telecommunications Act 1984 (undertakers' works) shall apply to a public gas supplier for the purposes of any works carried out by him.

(8) The reference in section 82(4) of the [1984 c. 55.] Building Act 1984 (provisions with respect to demolition orders) to a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of gas shall have effect as a reference to a public gas supplier.

(9) In the following enactments, namely—

(a) the [1948 c. 42.] Water Act 1948 ;

(b) section 39 of the [1958 c. 69.] Opencast Coal Act 1958 ;

(c) paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the [1965 c. 36.] Gas Act 1965 ;

(d) the [1968 c. 16.] New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 ;

(e) sections 206(6), 225 to 238, 281(6)(b) and 290(2) of, and Schedule 10 to, the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 ;

(f) sections 195(6), 214 to 227, 266(6)(b) and 275(2) of, and Schedule 8 to, the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(g) section 10(4) of the [1975 c. 69.] Scottish Development Agency Act 1975 ;

(h) the [1975 c. 70.] Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 ;

(i) the [1976 c. 75.] Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 ;

(j) the [1981 c. 64.] New Towns Act 1981,

• "the appropriate Minister", in relation to a public gas supplier shall mean the Secretary of State for Energy.

(10) In the following enactments, namely—

(a) the [1962 c. 58.] Pipe-lines Act 1962 ;

(b) Schedule 3 to the [1964 c. 40.] Harbours Act 1964 ;

(c) Section 121 of the [1980 c. 696.] Highways Act 1980 ; and

(d) the [1981 c. 67.] Acquisition of Land Act 1981,

• " the appropriate Minister", in relation to a public gas supplier, shall mean the Secretary of State.