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| State-owned utility overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1 May 1949 |
| Dissolved | 1 January 1973 |
| Type | Gas board |
| Status | Dissolved |
| Headquarters | Bath |
The South Western Gas Board was a state-owned utility area gas board providing gas for light and heat to industries and homes in Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly), Gloucestershire and parts of Berkshire, Devon, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire.
It was established on 1 May 1949 under the terms of the Gas Act 1948, [1] and dissolved in 1973 when it became a region of the newly formed British Gas Corporation, British Gas South Western, as a result of the Gas Act 1972.
Under the Gas (Allocation of Undertakings to Area Boards and Gas Council) Order 1949 (SI 1949/742), the South Western Gas Board took over existing local authority and privately owned gas production and supply utilities in its area: [2]
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