Gas Supply Act 2003
sec.86Maintenance
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sec.86 Maintenance
This section applies if the distributor has opened or broken up the place or any part of it and has, under section 85 , restored the place or part. The distributor must carry out maintenance to ensure the place or part is kept in good repair until the later of the following periods to end— the period that ends 3 months after the restoration was finished; if, because of the carrying out of the work or the restoration, the ground at the place or part subsides within the 3 months, the period that ends on the earlier of the following— the day the subsidence ends; the first anniversary of the day the restoration was finished. The maintenance must be carried out in the way agreed between the public entity and the distributor. (sec.86-ssec.1) This section applies if the distributor has opened or broken up the place or any part of it and has, under section 85 , restored the place or part. (sec.86-ssec.2) The distributor must carry out maintenance to ensure the place or part is kept in good repair until the later of the following periods to end— the period that ends 3 months after the restoration was finished; if, because of the carrying out of the work or the restoration, the ground at the place or part subsides within the 3 months, the period that ends on the earlier of the following— the day the subsidence ends; the first anniversary of the day the restoration was finished. (sec.86-ssec.3) The maintenance must be carried out in the way agreed between the public entity and the distributor.
- (a) the period that ends 3 months after the restoration was finished;
- (b) if, because of the carrying out of the work or the restoration, the ground at the place or part subsides within the 3 months, the period that ends on the earlier of the following— (i) the day the subsidence ends; (ii) the first anniversary of the day the restoration was finished.
- (i) the day the subsidence ends;
- (ii) the first anniversary of the day the restoration was finished.
- (i) the day the subsidence ends;
- (ii) the first anniversary of the day the restoration was finished.