Where a meter is housed in a meter box or meter compound attached to or built into the external face of the outside wall of any premises, the meter box or meter compound shall be so constructed and installed that any gas escaping within the box or compound cannot enter the premises or any cavity in the wall but must disperse to the external air.
No person shall knowingly store readily combustible materials in any meter box or meter compound.
No person shall install a meter in a meter box provided with a lock, unless the consumer has been provided with a suitably labelled key to that lock.
No person shall install a meter within a meter compound which is capable of being secured unless the consumer has been provided with a suitably labelled key for that compound.