| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to confer additional functions on the Gas Council and to make further provision as to the rating of the Gas Council and Area Gas Boards; to increase the number of members of the Gas Council; to regulate and facilitate the storage of gas by the Council and those Boards in underground strata, and to modify section 52 of the Gas Act 1948; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 1965 c. 36 |
| Introduced by | Minister without Portfolio, Lord Champion, 20 May 1965 Second Reading (Lords) |
| Territorial extent | England, Wales, and Scotland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 5 August 1965 |
| Commencement | At Royal Assent except Part II which came into force on 1 December 1965 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Gas Act 1948 |
| Amended by | Gas Act 1972 |
Status: Amended | |
The Gas Act 1965 (c. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which extended the powers of the Gas Council to buy, make or supply gas; it authorised and controlled the underground storage of gas; and permitted the sale of industrial gas for non-fuel purposes. The Act was in response to changing technologies that had developed since the gas industry was nationalised in 1949.
To finance the increased scope of the Gas Council the Gas (Borrowing Powers) Act 1965 (c. 60) was enacted which increased the council's borrowing powers to up to £1,200 million.[1]
- ^ British Gas (1980). Gas Chronology: The Development of the British Gas Industry. London: British Gas.