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<Text>For section 35 of the 1986 Act (publication by Director of information and advice) there is substituted—</Text>
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<Text>If it appears to the Authority that the publication of any advice and information would promote the interests of consumers in relation to gas conveyed through pipes, the Authority may publish that advice or information in such manner as it thinks fit.</Text>
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<Text>In publishing advice or information under this section the Authority shall have regard to the need for excluding, so far as that is practicable, any matter which relates to the affairs of a particular individual or body of persons (corporate or unincorporate), where publication of that matter would or might, in the opinion of the Authority, seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that individual or body.</Text>
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<Text>Before deciding to publish under this section any advice or information relating to a particular individual or body of persons the Authority shall consult that individual or body.</Text>
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<Text>For subsections (1) and (2) of section 48 of the 1989 Act (publication by Director of information and advice) there is substituted—</Text>
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<Text>If it appears to the Authority that the publication of any advice and information would promote the interests of consumers in relation to electricity conveyed by distribution systems, the Authority may publish that advice or information in such manner as it thinks fit.</Text>
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<Text>In publishing advice or information under this section the Authority shall have regard to the need for excluding, so far as that is practicable, any matter which relates to the affairs of a particular individual or body of persons (corporate or unincorporate), where publication of that matter would or might, in the opinion of the Authority, seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that individual or body.</Text>
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<Text>Before deciding to publish under this section any advice or information relating to a particular individual or body of persons the Authority shall consult that individual or body.</Text>
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<Text>After subsection (3) of that section there is inserted—</Text>
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