Gas Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Gas Transporters
22. Duty to connect
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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.
gas transporter
“gas transporter” means a person holding a gas transporter’s licence;
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.
gas service isolation valve
“gas service isolation valve” means a valve, located at or near the boundary line of any property or the apron of any building, used by a gas transporter to isolate the supply of gas to that property or building;
Where any premises have been connected to a relevant gas main under —
premises
“premises” means any building, structure or other place to which gas is, or is to be, conveyed;
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any written law which has been repealed; or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.
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 —
connect
“connect”, in relation to any premises, means connect to a gas main of a gas transporter, whether directly or by means of a gas service pipe, and “disconnect” and “re‑connect” have corresponding meanings except that they also include discontinuing or restoring (as the case may be) the conveyance of gas to the premises;
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.
If the connection, or the maintenance of the connection, of any premises to a relevant gas main under this section —
relevant gas main
“relevant gas main”, in relation to a gas transporter, means a gas main under the control of that gas transporter which is in the area specified in its gas transporter’s licence and is used for conveying gas to any premises;
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.
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.
occupier
“occupier” means the person in occupation of any premises and includes the person having the charge, management or control of the premises either on the person’s own account or as agent for another person, but does not include a lodger;