101 Standards of gas quality
Utilities Act 2000 (2000 c 27) | Legislation

101  Standards of gas quality

After section 15A of the 1986 Act (billing disputes) there is inserted—

“16 Standards of gas quality

(1)     The Authority may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, prescribe—

(a)     standards of pressure and purity to be complied with by gas transporters in conveying gas to premises or to pipe-line systems operated by other gas transporters; and

(b)     other standards with respect to the properties, condition and composition of gas so conveyed.

(2)     Before making any regulations under this section the Authority shall consult such persons and organisations as it considers appropriate and such gas transporters as appear to it to be affected by the regulations.

(3)     The Authority shall appoint competent and impartial persons for the purpose of—

(a)     carrying out tests of gas, apparatus or equipment in accordance with regulations under this section; and

(b)     assisting the Authority in exercising functions under this section and regulations made under it.

(4)     Regulations under this section may make provision—

(a)

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