Gas Act 1986

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The challenge for rail freight is that current alternatives to overhead electrification, such as hydrogen or batteries, do not have sufficient power on their own to pull heavy freight trains, so bi-modes may be an alternative way to reduce emissions. maintain all gas appliances, and flues serving those appliances, for which they are responsible in a safe condition to prevent risk of injury to any person [7] A contravention of the regulations is a criminal offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. [27] reg 36A, Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 SI 1998/2451 as inserted by reg 6, Gas Safety (Installation and Use)(Amendment) Regulations 2018 SI 2018/138. MATTERS TO BE TAKEN TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY DIRECTOR IN EXERCISING POWERS TO CONTROL GAS PRICES

The Health and Safety Executive can serve an Improvement Notice on the responsible party, requiring remedial work. [31] If the continuing use of a gas appliance will involve a risk of serious personal injury, a Prohibition Notice can be served, requiring that the appliance in question not be used until remedial work has been done. [32] There is a right of appeal against these notices to an industrial tribunal. [33] DUTY OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND DIRECTOR TO CONSULT WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE ON SAFETY QUALIFICATIONS OF GAS CONTRACTORS Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996 – concerns the flow of gas through the network. All gas transporters must prepare and submit a safety case to HSE. This identifies the hazards and risks, explains how they are controlled, and describes the system in place to ensure that controls are applied. The gas transporter will be audited to ensure compliance with their safety case Acorn: led by Pale Blue Dot Energy, this hydrogen production plant is focused on the delivery of an energy and cost-efficient process for hydrogen production, using natural gas produced in the North Sea, with carbon capture and storage technology for the associated emissions. reg 36(3) Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 SI 1998/2451 as amended by reg 5(4)(i) Gas Safety (Installation and Use)(Amendment) Regulations 2018.

the way forward to developing a hydrogen business model and revenue mechanism, namely, launching a consultation on the proposed models with the ambition to finalise this in 2022; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-models-for-low-carbon-hydrogen-production, https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/design-of-a-business-model-for-low-carbon-hydrogenWhilst many in the industry had anticipated that the preferred business model for hydrogen will be based on the offshore wind Contract for Difference (“ CfD”) scheme – and the contract will be with a government owned counterparty – the consultation sets out a number of options as well as giving an indication of the government’s preferred approach (and reasons behind it). Namely, the consultation states that the hydrogen CfD will be a variable price support model whereby the reference price will comprise, at least initially, the highest of two proxies (methane gas price and sales price achieved by the producer). Project eligibility is yet to be determined and is subject to a separate consultation. Similarly the government is developing the standard against with low carbon hydrogen projects will be measured. The government’s ambition is to finalise the hydrogen business model in 2022 so as to enable first contracts to be allocated from Q1 in 2023. In August 2021, the future role of hydrogen was consolidated in the long-awaited and first ever UK Hydrogen Strategy, which reinforced prior commitments but also set forth a roadmap for how these commitments are intended to be achieved over the 2020s (see further at paragraph 6.1 below).

HyNet: led by a core consortium of Progressive Energy,ENI UK, Cadent Gas, Essar Oil and others, HyNet involves the development of a hydrogen production facility in the north west of England to be part of the UK’s first net-zero industrial zone using carbon capture and storage technology.that work is ongoing with the Health and Safety Executive to assess the potential for 20 % hydrogen blending into the gas network, and a call for evidence on the future of the gas system is to be launched later in 2021; and In addition, a Gas safety registered engineer is required to inform both the landlord and the tenant when an appliance is found to be dangerous. If the engineer is unable to obtain agreement to disconnect the appliance, the matter must be referred to the gas transporter who can use its power to disconnect the supply. [15] South Wales Industrial Cluster (“SWIC”): led by a partnership of utilities, power generation and heavy industry companies, SWIC aims to decarbonise various sectors in the region such as energy, oil, chemicals, steel and cement. To that end, collaborators, including RWE, Shell, Tarmac, SIMEC Atlantic Energy and Tata Steel, are working to devise options to support regional hydrogen deployment as well as carbon capture technologies. seize property and destroy it where there are reasonable grounds to believe it would cause serious personal injury [30]

The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road ( “ADR”) regulates the transport of hydrogen, which is classified as a dangerous good under Annex 5 of the ADR. Hydrogen transport is excluded through ten tunnels in the UK, based on its ADR classification.Independent Gas Transporter Uniform Network Code – sets out the common rules applying to independent gas transporters. It aims to harmonise the network code arrangements of Independent Gas Transporters, who operate extensions to the gas network such as those serving new housing developments. Although the gas safety regulations apply generally to occupiers of residential property, they impose particular responsibilities on landlords and tenants. These responsibilities apply to all property occupied for residential purposes under a licence, a periodic tenancy, or a lease (tenancy) for a fixed term of less than seven years (a 'lease' does not include a mortgage term). [6]