PART IIN.I.GAS SUPPLY AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

Licensing of supply of gas and associated activitiesN.I.

Prohibition on unlicensed supply of gas and associated activitiesN.I.

6.—(1) Subject to Article 7, a person who—

(a)conveys gas from one place to another;

(b)stores gas in a gas storage facility; F1. . .

(c)supplies gas to any other person or to any premises [F2; or]

[F3(d)operates an LNG facility,]

shall be guilty of an offence unless he is authorised to do so by a licence.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Article shall be liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

(3) No proceedings shall be instituted in respect of an offence under this Article except by or on behalf of the Department or the Director.

[F4(6) For the purposes of this Order a person stores gas in a gas storage facility if (and only if) that person is the operator of that facility.]