Clause 10

Subject to the provisions of this Act, a gas transporter shall, 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 shall 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any written law which has been repealed; or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 the date of commencement of section 10 of the Gas (Amendment) Act 2007,the gas transporter shall 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) shall require 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 shall 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 his premises.Power to require security23.—

Where any person requires a connection to be made under section 22(1), a gas transporter may require the person to give it reasonable security for the payment to it of all costs which may become due to it in respect of the provision and installation of the gas service isolation valve, the provision and laying of the gas service pipe and the making of the connection.(2) If the person fails to give such security, or the security given has become invalid or insufficient, the gas transporter may refuse to provide and install the gas service isolation valve, provide and lay the gas service pipe or make the connection for so long as the failure or insufficiency continues.”.