Part 7Miscellaneous
Costs of policing at gas facilities
89Costs of policing at gas facilities: supplementary provisions
1
The Secretary of State must consult a designated gas transporter and the Authority—
a
before the first time the Secretary of State requires the designated gas transporter to pay any costs under section 85 or 86,
b
before the first time the Secretary of State requires the designated gas transporter to pay such costs in respect of a particular gas facility, and
c
where extra police services were previously provided at a particular gas facility, before the first time the Secretary of State requires the designated gas transporter to pay such costs as the result of such services being provided on a subsequent occasion.
2
The Secretary of State is not required—
a
to take into account representations made after the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the person making the representations was consulted under subsection (1);
b
to consult anyone else before requiring a designated gas transporter to pay costs under section 85 or 86.
3
Sections 4AA to 4A of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) (principal objective and general duties of the Secretary of State and the Authority) do not apply in relation to anything done or omitted by the Secretary of State or the Authority in the exercise of functions under sections 85 to 89.
4
Expressions used in those sections that are defined in Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 have the same meaning as in that Part.