The Gas (Modification of Therm Limits) Order 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/1751
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Gas (Modification of Therm Limits) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 6th August 1992.

Section 2 Amendment of the Gas Act 1986

In the following provisions of the Gas Act 1986:—

(a) section 4(2)(d) (duty of Secretary of State etc. to enable persons to compete effectively);

(b) section 8(5)(b) (limitation of authorisation to premises a minimum distance from the main of a public gas supplier unless a specified rate of supply is exceeded of gas); and

(c) section 14(4)(b) (provision for special agreements with customers for a minimum supply of gas),

for “25,000 therms ” there shall be substituted “2,500 therms”.

Section 3 Consequential amendment of the Gas (Metrication) Regulations 1992

For paragraph (5)(a) of regulation 3 of the Gas (Metrication) Regulations 1992 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

(5) With effect from 1st January 2000—

(a) in the following provisions—

(i) section 7(12) (definition of “relevant main”), and

(ii) section 10(5) (limitation on public gas supplier’s duty to supply),

for “25,000 therms ” there shall be substituted “732,000 kilowatt hours ”; and

in the following provisions—

section 4(2)(d) (duty of Secretary of State etc. to enable persons to compete effectively),

section 8(5)(b) (limitation of authorisation to premises a minimum distance from the main of a public gas supplier unless a specified rate of supply is exceeded of gas), and

section 14(4)(b) (provision for special agreements with customers for a minimum supply of gas),

for “2,500 therms ” there shall be substituted “73,200 kilowatt hours ”;