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<p>The Gas Act 1986 already confers a duty on my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of
State to ‘secure that, so far as it is economical to meet them, all reasonable demands
in Great Britain for gas conveyed through pipes’. This duty is exercised through obligations
and licence conditions placed upon gas operators.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Gas
Act 1986 (ss.9 & 10) also confers on Gas Distribution Network operators the obligation
to comply with requests to be connected to their gas mains, so far as it is economical
to do so, and where the premises to be connected are within 23 metres of a relevant
main.</p>
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