Gas Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Gas Transporters
31. Removal of obstruction over existing gas main, etc.
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No person may build, erect or construct anything over any existing gas transmission pipeline, gas main or gas service pipe owned by, or under the management or control of, a gas transporter without the approval of the gas transporter.
gas transmission pipeline
“gas transmission pipeline” means a bulk transmission pipeline or interconnected transmission pipeline, together with equipment (including pressure regulating and control valves) used for the conveyance of gas to a direct access customer or a gas mains network, and “gas transmission network” is to be construed accordingly;
Any owner or occupier whose premises are found to have any building or structure built, erected or constructed over an existing gas main or gas service pipe must have the gas main or gas service pipe relocated or diverted away by the gas transporter from under the building or structure.
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;
The costs arising from such relocation or diversion is to be borne —
by the owner or occupier to the extent that the owner or occupier benefits from such diversion or relocation, or where the building or structure was built, erected or constructed by the owner or occupier in contravention of subsection (1); and
by the gas transporter in all other circumstances.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.