s 31 Removal of obstruction over existing gas main, etc.
31.—(1) 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.[24/2007] (2) 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. (3) The costs arising from such relocation or diversion is to be borne —(a) 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 (b) by the gas transporter in all other circumstances. (4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.