The Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1996 No. 275 — creates 22 criminal offences.

Made

14 February 1996

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Energy, communications, water and utilities

Made under

Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order provides for the regulation of the supply of gas through pipes.

Offences created by this instrument

• SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 3 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 3 · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 3 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 4 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 5 · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Meter testing and stamping article 22(10) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Power to require information, etc article 30(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Power to require information, etc article 30(5) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Consent of Director for construction of major pipe-line article 35(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Consent of Director for construction of gas storage facility article 37(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• General restrictions on disclosure of information article 44(7) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Making of false statements, etc article 46(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Making of false statements, etc article 46(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Any person who, in executing works for the construction of a pipe-line, fails to comply with a prohibition imposed by… article 50(6) · Revoked · Strict liability
• In the event of a contravention of paragraph (1) in relation to any works, the person who executed them shall be… article 52(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• In the event of a failure, in relation to a pipe-line or a length of a pipe-line, to comply with a requirement or… article 53(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Prohibition by Department of use or testing of pipe-line article 55(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• A person who fails to comply with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a… article 59(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Prohibition on unlicensed supply of gas and associated activities article 6(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• A person who fails to comply with a duty imposed on him under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and… article 60(3) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Notification of change of ownership of pipe-line article 61(2) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Regulations and orders article 69(7) · Revoked · Strict liability

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 1996