Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1122
GAS
The Gas Act 1986 (General Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Modification) Order 2000
Made
18th April 2000
Laid before Parliament
19th April 2000
Coming into force
12th May 2000
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 42(3A) of the Gas Act 1986( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation and coming into force
1. This Order may be cited as the Gas Act 1986 (General Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Modification) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 12th May 2000.
Modifications
2. Section 42(1A) of the Gas Act 1986( 2 ) shall have effect subject to the following modifications—
(a) after paragraph (b), the “or” is omitted; and
(b) for paragraph (c), there is substituted—
“ (c) the disclosure is made by a licence holder and is required by a condition of his licence; or
(d) the disclosure is made by one licence holder to another and is required by that other licence holder for purposes connected with the carrying on of relevant activities. ”
Helen Liddell,
Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe,
Department of Trade and Industry
18th April 2000
1986 c. 44 ; subsection (3A) of section 42 was inserted by paragraph 50(2) of Schedule 3 to the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45) .
Subsection (1A) of section 42 was inserted by paragraph 50(1) of Schedule 3 to the Gas Act 1995.