Director to establish and implement the rectification programme
23 Director to establish and implement the rectification programme
In this section —
relevant consumer installation means a consumer installation that is likely to become unsafe or dangerous in use if lower heating value gas were to be supplied to consumers through gas distribution systems.
It is a function of the Director to establish and implement a programme (the rectification programme) for the modification or replacement of relevant consumer installations, so that, to the extent practicable, owners of those installations (whether consumers or not) are given the opportunity to have them modified or replaced in anticipation of their use being controlled or prohibited by an order under the Gas Standards Act 1972 section 13H.
The Director need not perform the function under subsection (2) if, in the opinion of the Director, there is not sufficient money standing to the credit of the Account to fund the rectification programme.
The regulations may provide for and in relation to matters relating to the rectification programme, including —
the rights, duties and liabilities of owners of relevant consumer installations, and any other persons, in respect of the modification or replacement of those installations under the programme; and
the ownership of gas installations, gas appliances and any other things supplied under the programme.
This provision refers to the regulations (The regulations may provide
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