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Gas Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Gas Retailers, Gas Importers and General Provisions

44. Meters

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2007.

(1)

Every consumer must take the consumer’s supply of gas through a meter the use of which does not contravene the regulations.

(2)

In default of the consumer doing so —

(a)

the gas transporter may disconnect or refuse to connect the consumer’s premises; or

(b)

the relevant gas shipper or relevant gas retailer may authorise the supply of gas to the consumer’s premises to be discontinued and any gas shipper or gas retailer may refuse to supply gas to the consumer’s premises.

(3)

Any meter —

(a)

owned by, or under the management or control of, a gas transporter or owned by a relevant gas shipper; and

(b)

lent or hired to a consumer by the gas transporter or relevant gas shipper, as the case may be,must, at all times and without charge to that consumer, be kept by the gas transporter or relevant gas shipper, as the case may be, in proper order for correctly registering the quantity of gas supplied to that consumer.

(4)

A consumer must at all times keep a meter which belongs to the consumer in proper order for correctly registering the quantity of gas supplied to the consumer.

(5)

Subject to the regulations, where a consumer is supplied with gas through a meter, the index of the meter is prima facie evidence of the quantity of gas supplied to the consumer.

Terms defined in s 2

connect
Defined · s 2
“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;
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consumer
Defined · s 2
“consumer” means a person —(a)to whose premises gas is shipped; or(b)whose premises are connected to a gas pipeline network for the purpose of obtaining a supply of gas;
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gas
Defined · s 2
“gas” means natural gas and town gas, but does not include liquefied petroleum gas;
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gas retailer
Defined · s 2
“gas retailer” means a person holding a gas retailer’s licence;
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gas shipper
Defined · s 2
“gas shipper” means a person holding a gas shipper’s licence;
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gas transporter
Defined · s 2
“gas transporter” means a person holding a gas transporter’s licence;
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meter
Defined · s 2
“meter” means any device for computing the volume of gas supplied or amount of energy supplied, for charging purposes, but does not include a check meter;
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premises
Defined · s 2
“premises” means any building, structure or other place to which gas is, or is to be, conveyed;
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regulations
Defined · s 2
“regulations” means regulations made under this Act;
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relevant gas retailer
Defined · s 2
“relevant gas retailer” means, in relation to a consumer other than a direct access customer, the gas retailer who supplies that consumer with gas conveyed to the premises of that consumer;
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relevant gas shipper
Defined · s 2
“relevant gas shipper” means, in relation to a consumer who is a direct access customer, the gas shipper who makes arrangements with a gas transporter for gas to be conveyed to the premises of that consumer;
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supply
Defined · s 2
“supply”, in relation to gas, means the physical delivery of gas to a consumer’s premises;
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