SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7 Minor And Consequential Amendments

F1 The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

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In Schedule 1 to the M1Local 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.

c

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