In Azerbaijan, a criminal case will be initiated on the fact of illegal connection to the gas pipeline.
In this regard, the draft amendments to the Law “On Gas District” was submitted for discussion in reading at today’s meeting of Parliament.
According to changes in the detection of intervention in the work of the meter, as well as the illegal connection, the gas distribution company should be an act and submit a copy of this act to the person in respect of which the act (or its authorized representative, or one of the adult family members). The copy is submitted to the authority (institution) defined by the relevant authority of the executive authority to consider the issue of initiating the proceedings on the case of administrative misconduct, and in the presence of signs of the criminal composition – to the body that implements the criminal process.
In this regard, the Civil Code, the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Criminal Code will be made appropriate changes.
If the solution of these organs or the court of wine of the consumer in the embezzlement of gas is established, the gas distribution company is obliged to demand from the consumer of compensation for damage. Questions related to calculating damage caused by a gas distribution company by the consumer as a result of interference in the work of the meter, as well as as a result of illegal connection, will be governed by the rules for using gas, taking into account the gas use period by the consumer, as well as the season of the year in which this period is covered, average daily consumption Gas for the previous period, features of the gas unit used by the consumer (type, maximum hourly gas flow) and the brand of the gas metering device.
After discussion, the draft change in the law was submitted to the vote and adopted in I reading.