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

56. Entry following discontinuance of supply

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2007.

(1)

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 —

(a)

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

(b)

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.