http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3206/madeThe Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 4) (Amendment) Order 2000Gas supplyKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2011-07-04GAS This Order amends the Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 4) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2795), so as to extend its duration to 1st March 2011 (instead of 31st December 2000). (That Order had previously been amended by the Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 4) (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3026) which extended its duration from 30th November 1999 to 31st December 2000). The Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 4) (Amendment) Order 2000OrderThe Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (Revocations) Order 2014Sch.art. 1 2000 No. 3206 GAS The Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (<Abbreviation Expansion="Number">No.</Abbreviation> 4) (Amendment) Order 2000 Made 5th December 2000 Laid before Parliament 7th December 2000 Coming into force 30th December 2000 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 6A of the Gas Act 1986, and after consultation with the Director General of Gas Supply, hereby makes the following Order:— 1 This Order may be cited as the Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 4) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 30th December 2000. 2 In article 1(2) of the Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 4) Order 1996 for “31st December 2000” there shall be substituted “1st March 2011”. Helen Liddell, Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe, Department of Trade and Industry 5th December 2000 (This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 4) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2795), so as to extend its duration to 1st March 2011 (instead of 31st December 2000). (That Order had previously been amended by the Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 4) (Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3026) which extended its duration from 30th November 1999 to 31st December 2000).

The 1996 Order provides that a person who conveys gas through pipes from the Gas Treatments Plant at the Connah’s Quay Power Station, Deeside, to a pipe-line system operated by a public gas transporter is exempted from the prohibition on the conveyance of gas without a licence. The prohibition is contained in section 5(1)(a) of the Gas Act 1986, and the Secretary of State’s power to make such an exemption is contained in section 6A of the Gas Act 1986.

1986 c. 44; section 6A of the Gas Act 1986 was substituted by section 4 of the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45). S.I. 1996/2795; article 1(2) amended by S.I. 1999/3026 by the substitution for “30th November 1999” of “31st December 2000”.