[33BDA Scottish Ministers' promotion of reductions in home-heating costs: gas suppliers]
Gas Act 1986 (1986 c 44) | Legislation

[33BDA  Scottish Ministers' promotion of reductions in home-heating costs: gas suppliers]

[(1)     Where the Secretary of State under section 33BD imposes on gas suppliers obligations to achieve a target within a specified period, the power to make orders under that section is exercisable by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of those obligations imposed in relation to Scotland and not, except as provided by subsections (9) and (10), by the Secretary of State.

(2)     An obligation is imposed in relation to Scotland to the extent that measures to meet that obligation may be carried out in Scotland (disregarding any power to elect under section 103A of the Utilities Act 2000).

(3)     For the purposes of the exercise by the Scottish Ministers of the power to make an order under section 33BD, that section applies with the following modifications—

(a)     for subsection (1) there is substituted a power by order to specify how gas suppliers may meet their obligations to achieve the home-heating cost reduction target through measures carried out in Scotland;

(b)     subsection (3) is omitted;

(c)     subsections (3), (5)(a), (7)(a)[, (7C), (7E)] and (10A) of section 33BC as applied by subsection (4) are omitted;

(d)     in subsection (2)(a) at the

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