1. These Regulations may be cited as the Gas (Authorisation Application) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into operation on 20th September 1993.

2.-(1) Regulation 2 of the Gas (Authorisation Application) Regulations 1986(3) is hereby amended as provided in paragraph (2) below.

(2) The following paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraphs (d) and (e) of that regulation-

"(d)the application shall be accompanied by a statement which-

(i)in the case of an application for an authorisation under section 8 of the Act to supply gas which consists wholly or mainly of propane or butane, specifies the name and qualifications of any person engaged by the applicant to install or inspect the works required for the supply;

(ii)in any other case, describes the supply of gas for which authorisation is applied for and includes particulars of the source of the gas to be supplied, particulars of transmission and distribution of that gas to the premises to be supplied and particulars of any arrangements to be made with consumers of that gas;

(e)the application shall also be accompanied by a statement which specifies the steps to be taken by the applicant to protect the public from dangers arising from the transmission and distribution and the use of the gas to be supplied; and

(f)except in the case of an application for an authorisation under section 8 of the Act to supply gas which consists wholly or mainly of propane or butane, and where the applicant has prepared statements of the accounts kept by him in respect of any undertaking carried on by him showing the state of affairs of that undertaking and its profit or loss, the application shall be accompanied by the statement for the last period in respect of which such statements have been prepared."

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 2 of the Gas (Authorisation Application) Regulations 1986, which prescribes the manner in which an application for an authorisation to supply gas under section 7 (authorisation of public gas suppliers) or 8 (authorisation of other persons) of the Gas Act 1986 is to be made.

The amendments alter the requirements imposed on applicants for authorisation under section 8 of the Gas Act to supply gas which consists wholly or mainly of propane or butane. Such applicants are relieved of the obligation to provide a description of the proposed supply including specified particulars, and the obligation to provide any business accounts. They are made subject to a new obligation to specify the name and qualifications of any person engaged to install or inspect the facilities for providing the supply.

The Secretary of State to whom applications for authorisation under section 7 of the Gas Act should be addressed is currently the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and his principal office is at Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6RB.

The principal office of the Director General of Gas Supply, to whom applications for authorisation under section 8 of the Act should be addressed is at Stockley House,130 Wilton Road, London SW1V 1LQ.