Clause 22

This section applies where —

a gas transporter is authorised by this Act to disconnect any premises or a gas shipper or gas retailer is authorised by this Act to discontinue the supply of gas to any premises;

a person occupying any premises supplied with gas by a gas shipper or gas retailer ceases to require a supply of gas; or

a person entering into occupation of any premises previously supplied with gas by a gas shipper or gas retailer does not take a supply of gas.(2) Subject to section 60 —

any person authorised by a gas transporter may, after 7 days’ notice to the occupier of any premises, or to the owner of the premises if they are unoccupied, enter the premises for the purpose of —

disconnecting the premises; or

removing any meter or other gas fitting owned by, or under the management or control of, the gas transporter;

any person authorised by a gas shipper may, after 7 days’ notice to the occupier of any premises, or to the owner of the premises if they are unoccupied, enter the premises for the purpose of —

discontinuing the supply of gas to the premises; or

removing any meter or other gas fitting owned by the gas shipper; and

any person authorised by a gas retailer may, after 7 days’ notice to the occupier of any premises, or to the owner of the premises if they are unoccupied, enter the premises for the purpose of discontinuing the supply of gas to the premises.Entry following discontinuance of supply56.—

This section applies where a consumer’s premises have been disconnected by a gas transporter, or the supply of gas to a consumer’s premises has been discontinued by a gas shipper or gas retailer, otherwise than in the exercise of a power conferred by section 53 or 65 or the regulations.(2) Subject to section 60 —

any person authorised by the gas transporter may enter the premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether the premises have been re-connected without the consent of the gas transporter; and

any person authorised by the gas shipper or gas retailer may enter the premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether the supply of gas has been restored without the consent of the gas shipper or gas retailer, as the case may be.”.