Gas Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Gas Network Code
61F. Directions in relation to Gas Network Code
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The Authority may, on an application by any relevant gas shipper, direct any relevant direct access customer to do or not to do such things, including to pay to the relevant gas shipper such charges, as may be determined by the Authority —
in relation to any obligation or liability of the relevant gas shipper under the Gas Network Code; and
for the purpose of ensuring the security or reliability of the conveyance of gas by the designated gas transporter.
An application under subsection (1) must be made in such form and manner as the Authority may determine and must be accompanied by such information and documents as the Authority may require.
Any person who fails to comply with any direction given by the Authority under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
In this section, “relevant direct access customer” means any direct access customer to whose premises a relevant gas shipper ships gas.
direct access customer
“direct access customer” means a person who has an arrangement with —(a)a gas transporter for the conveyance of gas to the person’s premises through a gas pipeline network owned by, or under the management or control of, that gas transporter; or(b)a person other than a gas transporter for the shipping of gas to the firstmentioned person’s premises and has the benefit, under the arrangement, of identifiable rights for the conveyance of gas to the firstmentioned person’s premises through the gas pipeline network to which the firstmentioned person’s premises are connected;