CLEAN ENERGY ACT 2011 (NO. 131, 2011) - SECT 45 OTN Register

CLEAN ENERGY ACT 2011 (NO. 131, 2011) - SECT 45

             (1)  The Regulator must keep a register, to be known as the OTN Register.

             (2)  The OTN Register is to be maintained by electronic means.

             (3)  The OTN Register is to be made available for inspection on the Regulator's website.

Entry for an OTN

             (4)  If an OTN is issued to a person, the Regulator must make an entry for the OTN in the OTN Register.

             (5)  An entry for a person's OTN must set out:

                     (a)  the name of the person; and

                     (b)  the person's address last known to the Regulator; and

                     (c)  if the person has an ABN--the person's ABN.

             (6)  If:

                     (a)  there is an entry for a person's OTN in the OTN Register; and

                     (b)  the person changes the person's name or address;

the Regulator may make the appropriate alteration to the entry.

             (7)  If an OTN is surrendered or cancelled, the Regulator must remove the entry for the OTN from the OTN Register when the surrender or cancellation takes effect.

Entry for a natural gas supplier

             (8)  The OTN Register is to include a list of natural gas suppliers.

             (9)  The Regulator must, if requested to do so by a natural gas supplier, make an entry for the natural gas supplier in the list.

           (10)  An entry for a natural gas supplier in the list must set out:

                     (a)  the name of the natural gas supplier; and

                     (b)  the natural gas supplier's address last known to the Regulator; and

                     (c)  the natural gas supplier's telephone number; and

                     (d)  if the natural gas supplier has a website--the URL of the website; and

                     (e)  if the natural gas supplier has an ABN--the ABN; and

                      (f)  if the natural gas supplier's willingness to accept quotations of OTNs, in cases where the acceptance is not mandatory, is subject to any conditions--those conditions.

           (11)  If:

                     (a)  there is an entry for a natural gas supplier on the list; and

                     (b)  the natural gas supplier changes the natural gas supplier's name or address;

the Regulator may make the appropriate alteration to the entry.

           (12)  If there is an entry for a natural gas supplier on the list, the Regulator must, at the request of the natural gas supplier, remove the entry from the list.

           (13)  If:

                     (a)  the Regulator takes any of the following actions:

                              (i)  making an entry in the OTN Register under subsection (4);

                             (ii)  making an alteration to an entry in the OTN Register under subsection (6);

                             (ii)  removing an entry from the OTN Register under subsection (7); and

                     (b)  there is an entry for a natural gas supplier in the list;

the Regulator must, as soon as practicable after taking the action, notify the natural gas supplier, in writing, of:

                     (c)  the taking of the action; and

                     (d)  if the action consists of removing an entry from the OTN register under subsection (7) because of the cancellation or surrender of an OTN--the time when the cancellation or surrender took effect.