Malaysia legislation
Section 17
Section 17
Section 15 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in the shoulder note, by inserting after the word “supply gas” the word “or to allow utilization of facility”;
(b)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “Nothing in subsection 14(1) shall require a licensee to supply gas to any premises if —” the words “Nothing in subsection 14(1) shall require a retail licensee to supply gas to consumers or a regasification, transportation or distribution licensee to allow the utilization of his facility, if —”;
(ii)
in paragraph (b), by deleting the words “or special agreement, as the case may be”; and
(iii)
by substituting for paragraph (d) the following paragraph:
“(d) the supply of gas or the utilization of facility is already being granted; or”;
and
(a)
a situation where he is prevented from supplying gas or allowing the utilization of his facility by reason of fire, flood, landslide, explosion, accident, industrial disturbance on a national level, emergency, riot, civil disturbance or war, or any other similar event not within the control of the licensee; or
(b)
where the said agreement provides for such exception for reasons of safety which directly affects or which will affect his ability to supply gas or to allow utilization of his facility.”.
Gas Supply (Amendment)
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Amendment of section 16
(c)
by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2) Nothing in the agreement referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall provide for any exception from the duty to supply gas or to allow utilization of facility other than—