(1) The Secretary of State must consult a designated gas transporter and the Authority -
(a) before the first time the Secretary of State requires the designated gas transporter to pay any costs under section 85 or 86,
(b) before the first time the Secretary of State requires the designated gas transporter to pay such costs in respect of a particular gas facility, and
(c) where extra police services were previously provided at a particular gas facility, before the first time the Secretary of State requires the designated gas transporter to pay such costs as the result of such services being provided on a subsequent occasion.
(2) The Secretary of State is not required -
(a) to take into account representations made after the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the person making the representations was consulted under subsection (1);
(b) to consult anyone else before requiring a designated gas transporter to pay costs under section 85 or 86.
(3) Sections 4AA to 4
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