Commentary on Sections Part 6: Consumer Protection and Miscellaneous Schedule 14, Part 1 – Gas Consumers
576.Paragraph 1 introduces the amendments which are made to the Gas Act 1986.
577.Paragraph 2 inserts after existing section 30F of the Gas Act 1986 new sections 30G, 30H, 30J, 30K, 30L, 30M, 30N and 30O. The effect of these new provisions is described below.
578.Paragraphs (3) to (7) make consequential amendments to the Gas Act 1986 which are required by the insertion of the provisions described above.
579.Paragraph (8) provides for an order that has been made under section 30A(8) of the Gas Act 1986 and which specifies how turnover is to be determined for the purposes of calculating the maximum penalty that may be imposed on a regulated person to be regarded as having been made under section 30O(5) (which replaces the power in section 30A(8)). This provision also makes clear that an order which has already been made can be used for the purposes of determining the maximum amount of compensation that is payable by a regulated person under section 30G and applies in the same way as it applies to determining the maximum amount of penalty that is payable under section 30A.