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- Comhairle Gáis na Breataine Reference Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- BGC | British Gas Council | Gas Council | GC
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- Definition --- Reference "British Gas > About Us > Our Business > Our History, http://www.britishgas.co.uk/about-british-gas/our-business/board/history.html [8.12.2009]"
- Comment "The 1948 Gas Act, which came into effect in May 1949, created a nationalised gas industry throughout England, Scotland and Wales. It merged over 1 000 privately owned and municipal gas companies into twelve area Gas Boards - each an autonomous body with its own chairman and board structure - which became known simply as ""the Gas Board"" (a term which is still often used when referring to British Gas), and set up the Gas Council to act as a link between the area boards and the Ministry of Fuel and Power, although the Council had no direct powers over the boards. The Gas Council was made up of the 12 area board chairmen and had a chairman of its own. Its first chairman was Sir Edgar Sylvester. The 1972 Gas Act, which came into effect in 1973, created the British Gas Corporation: the 12 Gas Boards became regions. The 1982 Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act gave the Government the power to dispose of British Gas's assets, and the 1986 Gas Act returned the gas industry to the private sector, and the company's name was changed to British Gas Plc."