12.—(1) Section 16 of the Gas Act 1986(1) is hereby repealed.
(2) Paragraphs 20 and 21 of Schedule 2B to the Gas Act 1986 are hereby repealed.
(3) The Gas Quality Regulations 1972(2) are hereby revoked.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Gas Quality Regulations 1983(3) shall continue in force until 31st October 1996 when they shall be revoked.
(5) For paragraph (7) of regulation 36 of the 1994 Regulations there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(7)Nothing in paragraphs (1) to (6) above shall apply to an escape of gas from a network (within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996) or from a gas fitting supplied with gas from a network.”
1986 c. 44; section 16 and Schedule 2B were substituted by paragraph 12 of Schedule 3 and by Schedule 2 to the Gas Act 1995, respectively.