Gas Act 1995

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

(i) the M1 Public Health Act 1925;

(ii) the M2 Public Health Act 1936;

(iii) the M3 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(iv) section 4 of the M4 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

(v) the M5 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949;

(vi) the M6 Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(vii) the M7 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(viii) the M8 Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ix) the M9 Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

(x) section 17(10) of the M10 Public Health Act 1961;

(xi) the M11 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xii) Schedule 3 to the M12 Harbours Act 1964;

(xiii) section 40 of the M13 Forestry Act 1967;

(xiv) section 50 of the M14 Agriculture Act 1967;

(xv) sections 38 and 66 of the M15 Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xvi) the M16 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xvii) section 11 of and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the M17 Countryside Act 1968;

(xviii) section 22 of the M18 Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xix) sections 19, 37, 45, 46, 108(2), 117 to 119, 121, 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, 266(6)(b) and 275(2) of, and Schedule 8, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 17 and Schedule 18 to, the M19 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(xx) section 51 of the M20 Land Compensation Act 1973;

(xxi) sections 47 and 67 of the M21 Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973;

(xxii) section 73 of the M22 Control of Pollution Act 1974;

(xxiii) the M23 Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(xxiv) sections 15(3) and 26 of the M24 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

(xxv) the M25 Development of Rural Wales Act 1976;

(xxvi) section 9(3) of the M26 Inner Urban Areas Act 1978;

(xxvii) the M27 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;

(xxviii) Parts XII and XVI and section 120 of the M28 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(xxix) the M29 Highways Act 1980;

(xxx) the M30 New Towns Act 1981;

(xxxi) the M31 Acquisition of Land Act 1981;

(xxxii) the M32 Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(xxxiii) section 30 of the M33 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(xxxiv) the M34 Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

(xxxv) the M35 Building Act 1984;

(xxxvi) sections 283(2) and 296 of the M36 Housing Act 1985;

(xxxvii) section 21 of the M37 Road Traffic Act 1988.

(xxxviii) section 9 of the M38 Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;

(xxxix) section 7(5) of the M39 Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991.

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

(a) section 17(1)(b) of the M40 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945;

(b) the M41 Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958;

(c) section 7A(4)(b)(ii) of the M42 Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966;

(d) section 109(2)(d) of the M43 Transport Act 1968;

(e) section 204(2)(a) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(f) sections 73(11)(c) and 74(11)(b) of the Highways Act 1980;

(g) section 48(6)(c) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(h) paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the M44 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;

(i) section 80(3)(b) of the Building Act 1984;

(j) section 91 of the M45 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990;

(k) section 39 of the M46 Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990;

(l) section 52(1) of the M47 Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991;

(m) section 209(3)(b) of and paragraph 1(5)(e) of Schedule 13 to the M48 Water Industry Act 1991;

(n) section 208(3)(b) of and paragraph 1(4)(e) of Schedule 22 to the M49 Water Resources Act 1991;

(o) paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 6 to the M50 Land Drainage Act 1991.

(3) The reference in Schedule 4 to the M51 Public Health Act 1961 to gas undertakers shall have effect as a reference to a public gas transporter.

(4) References in the M52 Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 to a statutory company shall be deemed to include references to a public gas transporter.

(5) References to public utility undertakers in the M53 Civil Defence Act 1939 shall be deemed to include references to a public gas transporter.

(6) References to public utility undertakers in the M54 Highways Act 1980 shall be deemed to include references to a public gas transporter.

(7) Paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 to the M55 Telecommunications Act 1984 (undertakers’ works) shall apply to a public gas transporter for the purposes of any works carried out by him.

(8) The reference in section 82(4) of the M56 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 be construed as a reference to a public gas transporter.

(9) References to public undertakers in section 125(7) of, and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 8 to, the M57 Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 shall be deemed to include references to a public gas transporter.

(10) In the following enactments, namely—

(a) section 39 of the M58 Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(b) paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the M59 Gas Act 1965;

(c) the M60 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(d) sections 195(6), 214 to 227, 266(6)(b) and 275(2) of, and Schedule 8 to, the M61 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(e) the M62 Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(f) the M63 Development of Rural Wales Act 1976;

(g) the M64 New Towns Act 1981;

(h) section 9 of the M65 Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;

(i) section 7(5) of the M66 Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991,

• “the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a public gas transporter, shall mean the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.

(11) In the following enactments, namely—

(a) the M67 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(b) Schedule 3 to the M68 Harbours Act 1964;

(c) section 121 of the Highways Act 1980; and

(d) the M69 Acquisition of Land Act 1981,

• “the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a public gas transporter, shall mean the Secretary of State.

Marginal Citations

M1 1925 c.71.

M2 1936 c.49.

M3 1947 c.42.

M4 1948 c.17.

M5 1949 c.97.

M6 1951 c.65.

M7 1954 c.56.

M8 1958 c.69.

M9 1961 c.41.

M10 1961 c.64.

M11 1962 c.58.

M12 1964 c.40.

M13 1967 c.10.

M14 1967 c.22.

M15 1967 c.86.

M16 1968 c.16.

M17 1968 c.41.

M18 1968 c.47.

M19 1972 c.52.

M20 1973 c.26.

M21 1973 c. 56.

M22 1974 c.40.

M23 1975 c.70.

M24 1976 c.57.

M25 1976 c.75.

M26 1978 c.50.

M27 1979 c.46.

M28 1980 c.65.

M29 1980 c.66.

M30 1981 c.64.

M31 1981 c.67.

M32 1982 c.16.

M33 1982 c.30.

M34 1984 c.54.

M35 1984 c.55.

M36 1985 c.68.

M37 1988 c.52.

M38 1990 c.35.

M39 1991 c.28.

M40 1945 c.43.

M41 1958 c.50.

M42 1966 c.4.

M43 1968 c.73.

M44 1984 c.27.

M45 1990 c.9.

M46 1990 c.10.

M47 1991 c. 45.

M48 1991 c.56.

M49 1991 c.57.

M50 1991 c.59.

M51 1961 c.64.

M52 1972 c.36.

M53 1939 c.31.

M54 1980 c.66.

M55 1984 c.12.

M56 1984 c.55.

M57 1987 c.26.

M58 1958 c.69.

M59 1965 c.36.

M60 1968 c.16.

M61 1972 c.52.

M62 1975 c.70.

M63 1976 c.75.

M64 1981 c.64.

M65 1990 c.35.

M66 1991 c.28.

M67 1962 c.58.

M68 1964 c.40.

M69 1981 c.67.