Singapore legislation
Section 22
of Gas Act 2001
Section 22
Duty to connect
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, a gas transporter must, on the request of the owner or occupier of any premises, provide and install a gas service isolation valve, provide and lay a gas service pipe from the relevant gas main to the gas service isolation valve and connect such premises to the relevant gas main.
(2)
Where any connection is made under subsection (1), the costs of providing and installing the gas service isolation valve, providing and laying the gas service pipe and making the connection may only be recovered by the gas transporter from the owner or occupier of the premises (as the case may be) to the extent that the costs have not been previously recovered from any other person.
(3)
Where any premises have been connected to a relevant gas main under —
this Act;
any written law which has been repealed; or
any arrangement entered into by the owner or occupier of the premises prior to 11 June 2007,the gas transporter must maintain the connection until such time as it is no longer required by the owner or occupier of the premises at that time.
(4)
Nothing in subsection (1) or (3) requires the gas transporter to connect, or maintain a connection of, a relevant gas main to any premises, if —
the gas transporter is unable to do so by circumstances beyond its control; or
there exist circumstances, which by reason of the gas transporter doing so, would involve a danger to the public.
(5)
If the connection, or the maintenance of the connection, of any premises to a relevant gas main under this section —
will result in a new or an increased supply of gas to those premises; and
the new or increased supply of gas cannot be made without the laying of a new, or the enlargement of an existing, gas main or the undertaking of other works related to the conveyance of gas to those premises,the gas transporter may refuse to make or maintain the connection until such time as the owner or occupier of those premises when the new or increased supply is being required enters into an agreement with the gas transporter for the payment of a reasonable amount to the gas transporter having regard to —
the costs to be incurred by the gas transporter in laying or enlarging the relevant gas main or undertaking other works related to the conveyance of gas to those premises; and
the extent to which such costs can be recovered from other persons.
(6)
The owner or occupier of any premises must grant the gas transporter rights of access to lay, install, maintain, repair, alter or remove any gas service isolation valve or gas service pipe in the premises of the owner or occupier, as the case may be.