Application for the permanent disconnection of a gas supply
You should request a temporary or permanent gas disconnection from your gas retailer. This form is only to be used if you don't know the gas retailer.
Prior to building demolitions
Important Removals and Disconnections Information
- For your own safety, you must always have the electricity and gas services disconnected before you demolish or remove a building.
- Please complete an Application For Removal or Disconnection form – for gas - before you start work.
- Under no circumstances should demolition proceed until written clearance has been received from Vector.
- To ensure efficient processing of your request, please submit one new disconnection request for each gas connection.
- Please contact your retailer to arrange a final gas meter reading.
Time taken to process the application and disconnect the service (from the date the quote is accepted):
- Gas disconnections will include the removal of the gas network riser and the gas meter:
- Standard gas disconnections - 10 working days
- Non-standard gas disconnections - Where resource consent or steel disconnections are required - up to 20 working days (quoteable charges may apply)