Supplementary Order Papers (SOPs) are proposed amendments to Bills
Clause 4: new section 55A
Subsection (2)(b) and (c): to omit these paragraphs (line 34 on page 68 to line 3 on page 69) and substitute the following paragraph:
“(b) conveying natural gas if the total amount of gas conveyed to consumers by the supplier is less than 75 000 gigajoules per annum:
Subsection (2A): to insert the following subsection after subsection (2) (after line 5 on page 69):
“(2A) The gas conveyed, when measured in relation to a supplier includes, for the purposes of subsection (2)(b), the gas conveyed by any associate of the supplier.
Subsection (3): to insert the following definition before the definition of consumer (after line 6 on page 69):
“associate has the same meaning as in section 12 of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998