Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

GAS ACT 1992 - SECT 85

85. (1) The owner of land or premises that have a boundary or wall not more than 30 metres from an appropriate gas main may, by notice in writing given to an authorised distributor, require the distributor to connect the land or premises to a gas reticulation system.

(2) Subject to this section and any other law of the Territory, an authorised distributor shall, within a reasonable time after receiving notice in accordance with subsection (1), connect the land or premises to a gas reticulation system.

Penalty: $1,000.

(3) An authorised distributor is not required to connect land or premises to a gas reticulation system unless—

(a)     the owner has given the authorised distributor a written undertaking to have gas supplied to the land or premises for a period of 12 months beginning on the day on which supply commences and to pay for gas supplied during that period; and

(b)     the owner has paid to the authorised distributor the amount required by the distributor as security for the costs referred to in subsection (4).

(4) An owner who requires land or premises to be connected to a gas reticulation system is liable to pay to the authorised distributor—

(a)     the reasonable cost of laying pipes on the land or premises for the purpose of supplying gas to the land or premises; and

(b)     the reasonable cost of laying pipes that are not on the land or premises for the purpose of connecting the land or premises to the gas reticulation system, excluding the cost of laying the first 10 metres of those pipes.

(5) In subsection (1)—