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title: "Gas Act 1972"
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# Gas Act 1972

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Gas Act 1972
1972 c.60
An Act to make fresh provision with respect to the gas industry in Great Britain and related matters, and for purposes connected therewith.
[9th August 1972]

## 1 {#section-1}

(1)–(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)–(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) . . .

## 2 {#section-2}

(1) . . .
(2)–(3) . . .

## 3–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-35}



## 6 . {#section-6}

(1)–(4) . . .
(5) . . .
(6)–(8) . . .

## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-7}



## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-8}



## 9–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-913}



## 14–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1423}



## 24–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2431}



## 32–33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-3233}



## 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-34}



## 35–36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-3536}



## 37–47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-3747}



## 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-48}



## 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-49}



## 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-50}



## Schedules 1-8 {#schedule-1}

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