Gas Act

Last updated March 16, 2026

A Gas Act, with its variations, is a stock short title used internationally for legislation relating to the regulation, production, distribution, supply and use of natural gas or coal gas as a source of energy.

List

India

Oil and Natural Gas Commission Act 1959 (repealed 1993)

Ireland

Gas Regulation Act, 1920 - Act No. 28/1920
Gas Regulation Act, 1928 - Act No. 24/1928
Limerick Corporation Gas Undertaking (Pensions) Act, 1929 - Act No. 1/1929
Gas Regulation Act, 1957 - Act No. 26/1957
Gas Act, 1976 - Act No. 30/1976
Gas (Amendment) Act, 1980 - Act No. 35/1980
Gas Regulation Act, 1982 - Act No. 16/1982
Gas (Amendment) Act, 1982 - Act No. 17/1982
Gas (Amendment) Act, 1987 - Act No. 9/1987
Gas (Amendment) Act, 1993 - Act No. 7/1993
Gas (Amendment) Act, 1998 - Act No. 17/1998
Gas (Amendment) Act, 2000 - Act No. 26/2000
Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act, 2002 - Act No. 10/2002
Gas (Amendment) Act, 2009 - Act No. 3/2009
Gas Regulation Act, 2013 - Act No. 39/2013
Gas (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024

New Zealand

Gas Act 1992

United Kingdom

This is a list of UK Public General Acts, which have a regional or national applicability. There are also a large number of Local Acts, only a few significant ones are included here.

Gasworks Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 15)
Sale of Gas Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 66)
Metropolis Gas Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 125)
Sale of Gas Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 146)
Sale of Gas (Scotland) Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 96)
Gas and Water Works Facilities Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 70)
Gasworks Clauses Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 41)
Gas and Water Works Facilities Act 1870 Amendment Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 89)
Burghs Gas Supply (Scotland) Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 49)
Burghs Gas Supply (Scotland) Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 52)
Gas (Standard of Calorific Power) Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 25)
Burghs Gas Supply (Scotland) Amendment Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 45)
Gas Regulation Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 28)
Statutory Gas Companies (Electricity Supply Powers) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 44)
Gas Undertakings Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 24)
Gas Undertakings Act 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 40)
Gas Undertakings Act 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 28)
Gas Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 67)
Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954 (c. 21)
Electricity and Gas Act 1963 (c. 59)
Gas Act 1965 (c. 36),
Gas and Electricity Act 1968 (c. 39)
Gas Act 1972 (c. 60)
Gas Levy Act 1981 (c. 3)
Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23)
Gas Act 1986 (c. 44)
Gas (Exempt Supplies) Act 1993 (c. 1)
Gas Act 1995 (c. 45),
Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act 2018 (c. 21)
Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Act 2022 (c. 40)

United States

The Natural Gas Act of 1938