This Regulation establishes provisions aiming to safeguard the security of gas supply in [F1the United Kingdom] by ensuring the proper and continuous functioning of the [F2market in natural gas (‘gas’) in the United Kingdom], by allowing for exceptional measures to be implemented when the market can no longer deliver the gas supplies required F3... and by providing for the clear definition and attribution of responsibilities among natural gas undertakings, [F4the Secretary of State, the Northern Ireland department and the regulatory authority] regarding both preventive action and the reaction to concrete disruptions of gas supply. This Regulation also establishes transparent mechanisms concerning F5... the coordination of planning for, and response to, emergencies F6....
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)