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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Preliminary and key provisions - Key provisions - Specific gasfitting exemptions

23: Exemption for underground pipes conveying gas to premises

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"Fixing underground gas pipes to homes is allowed with gas operator approval"

Illustration for Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

You can fix or unfix pipes that carry gas to premises if the pipes are underground from the gas meter to the premises. You must get approval from the gas operator, as defined in the Gas Act 1992, before you do this work. The gas operator is the one supplying gas to those premises.

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Part 1Preliminary and key provisions
Key provisions: Specific gasfitting exemptions

23Exemption for underground pipes conveying gas to premises

  1. A person may fix or unfix any pipe conveying, or intended to convey, gas if—

  2. that pipe is installed underground from the outlet connection of a gas meter to any premises; and
    1. the person has obtained the prior approval of any gas operator (within the meaning of the Gas Act 1992) supplying that gas to those premises.

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