3For section 9 of the 1986 Act there shall be substituted the following section—
(1)It shall be the duty of a public gas transporter as respects each authorised area of his—
(a)to develop and maintain an efficient and economical pipe-line system for the conveyance of gas; and
(b)subject to paragraph (a) above, to comply, so far as it is economical to do so, with any reasonable request for him to connect to that system, and convey gas by means of that system to, any premises.
(2)It shall also be the duty of a public gas transporter to avoid any undue preference or undue discrimination—
(a)in the connection of premises to any pipe-line system operated by him; or
(b)in the terms on which he undertakes the conveyance of gas by means of such a system.
(3)The following provisions shall have effect, namely—
(a)Schedule 3 to this Act (which provides for the acquisition of land by public gas transporters); and
(b)Schedule 4 to this Act (which relates to the breaking up of streets and bridges by such transporters).”