2014 No. 529
Gas

The Gas Transit (EEC Requirements) (Revocation and Saving) Regulations 2014

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State has been designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to energy and energy sources.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Gas Transit (EEC Requirements) (Revocation and Saving) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 6th April 2014.

(2)

In these Regulations—

“the 1992 Regulations” means the Gas Transit (EEC Requirements) Regulations 19923;

“gas transit contract” means a contract within the meaning given by the 1992 Regulations, which was concluded pursuant to those Regulations.

Revocation2.

Subject to regulation 3, the 1992 Regulations are revoked.

Saving3.

Regulations 1, 2, 5 and 6 of the 1992 Regulations continue to have effect in relation to any gas transit contract which is still in force.

Verma
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Energy and Climate Change
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the Gas Transit (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”), subject to a saving in regulation 3 in relation to existing gas transit contracts concluded pursuant to the 1992 Regulations.

The 1992 Regulations gave effect to Council Directive 91/296/EEC4, which required EEC member States to take the measures necessary to facilitate the transit of natural gas between high pressure transmission grids. That Directive was repealed by Article 32(1) of Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council5 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas, but Article 32(1) expressly provided that the repeal was without prejudice to contracts concluded pursuant to Directive 91/296/EEC, which continue to be valid and to be implemented under the terms of that Directive.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact is foreseen on the private, voluntary or public sectors.