Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/44/section/18
Timestamp: 2018-07-19 07:56:12
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18 Safety regulations.E+W+S
(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for empowering any officer authorised by the relevant authority—
(a)to enter any premises in which there is a service pipe connected with a gas main, for the purpose of inspecting any gas fitting on the premises, any flue or means of ventilation used in connection with any such gas fitting, or [F2any part of the gas system on the premises, that is to say,]any service pipe or other apparatus (not being a gas fitting) which is on the premises and is used for the [F2conveyance or]supply of gas or is connected with a gas main;
(b)where he so enters any such premises, to examine or apply any test to any such object as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above and (where the object is a gas fitting) to verify what supply of air is available for it; and
(c)where in his opinion it is necessary to do so for the purpose of averting danger to life or property, and notwithstanding any contract previously existing, to disconnect and seal off any gas fitting or any part of the [F3gas system on the premises, or disconnect the premises or, if the premises are not connected, to signify the refusal of the relevant authority to convey gas or, as the case may be, allow gas to be conveyed to the premises].
(a)reconnecting any gas fitting or [F4any part of any gas system] which has been disconnected by or on behalf of the relevant authority in exercise of a power conferred by the regulations; or
(b)[F5reconnecting any premises which have been disconnected] by or on behalf of the relevant authority in the exercise of any such power; or
(c)causing gas from a gas main to be [F6conveyed] to any premises where in pursuance of the regulations the refusal of the relevant authority to [F7convey gas or, as the case may be, allow gas to be conveyed] to those premises has been signified and that refusal has not been withdrawn.
(8)The M1Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954 (entry under a justice’s warrant) shall apply in relation to any powers of entry conferred by regulations made under subsection (2) above as if [F8any reference to a gas operator were a reference to the relevant authority].
[F9(9)In this section “the relevant authority”—
(a)in relation to dangers arising from the conveyance of gas by a [F10gas transporter], or from the use of gas conveyed by such a transporter, means that transporter; and
(b)in relation to dangers arising from the conveyance of gas by a person other than a [F10gas transporter], or from the use of gas conveyed by such a person, means the Secretary of State.
(10)Where the relevant authority is a [F10gas transporter], any reference in this section to any officer authorised by the authority includes a reference to any officer authorised by another such transporter with whom the authority has made arrangements for officers authorised by the other transporter to discharge any functions of the authority under this section.
(11)Except in cases of emergency, no officer shall be authorised by a [F10gas transporter] to exercise any powers of entry conferred by regulations under this section unless the transporter has taken all reasonable steps to ensure that he is a fit and proper person to exercise those powers.]
F1S. 18(1) repealed (6.3.1992) by Offshore Safety Act 1992 (c. 15), ss. 3(3)(a), 7(2), Sch. 2.
F2Words in s. 18(2)(a) inserted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 10(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(1)(a); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
F3Words in s. 18(2)(c) substituted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 10(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(1)(b); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
F4Words in s. 18(4)(a) substituted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 10(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(2)(a); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
F5Words in s. 18(4)(b) substituted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 10(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(2)(b); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
F6Word in s. 18(4)(c) substituted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 10(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(2)(c); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
F7Words in s. 18(4)(c) substituted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 10(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(2)(c); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
F8Words in s. 18(8) substituted for s. 18(8)(a)(b) (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 10(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(3); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
F9S. 18(9)-(11) substituted for s. 18(9) (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 10(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(4); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
F10Words in s. 18 substituted (1.10.2001) by 2000 c. 27, s. 108, Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2(1); S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)
M11954 c. 21.