§ 13A. It shall be the duty of a public gas supplier to take such steps as are necessary to ensure that, if he is informed of an escape of gas that he is not required by paragraph 13 above to prevent, he passes the information on, as soon as reasonably practicable—
- (a) to the person who appears to the public gas supplier to be responsible (whether under that paragraph or otherwise) for preventing the escape; or
- (b) in the case of an escape occurring in the authorised area of another public gas supplier, to that other public gas supplier.'.—[Mr. Buchanan-Smith.]