The Gas (Exempt Supplies) Act 1993 (c. 1) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amended the prohibition on certain unauthorised gas supplies and amended the duties of the Director General of Gas Supply.
[1] The associated bureaucracy and regulation costs were an impediment to smaller suppliers.
These included suppliers of LPG (liquified petroleum gas, comprising butane and propane).
[2] The Gas (Exempt Supplies) Bill had started as a Private Members Bill in the House of Lords and was intended to remove the prohibition on unauthorised supply of gas from smaller operators.
[2] The Gas (Exempt Supplies) Act 1993 received royal assent on 19 January 1993.