Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 2195
Gas
Prevention And Suppression Of Terrorism
The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Designation of a Gas Transporter) Order 2009
Made
5 August 2009
Laid before Parliament
13 August 2009
Coming into force
3 September 2009
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 87 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Designation of a Gas Transporter) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 3 September 2009.
Designation of a Gas Transporter
2. National Grid Gas plc (company registered number 2006000) is designated as a designated gas transporter for the purposes of sections 85 to 90 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 for so long as it holds a licence under section 7 of the Gas Act 1986( 2 ).
Joan Ruddock
Minister of State,
Department of Energy and Climate Change
5 August 2009
1986 c. 44 . Section 7 was substituted by the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45) , section 5, and was amended by the Utilities Act 2000, sections 3 and 76, and Schedule 6, Part 1, paragraphs 1 and 4, and Schedule 8, and the Energy Act 2004, sections 149 and 197(9), and Schedule 23, Part 1.