GAS PIPELINES ACCESS (VICTORIA) ACT 1998 No. 31 of 1998 Version incorporating amendments as at 8 November 2007 Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1-PRELIMINARY 1. Purpose 2. Commencement 3. Definitions 4. Crown to be bound 5. Application to coastal waters 6. Extra-territorial operation PART 2-GAS PIPELINES ACCESS (VICTORIA) LAW AND GAS PIPELINES ACCESS (VICTORIA) REGULATIONS 7. Application in Victoria of the Gas Pipelines Access Law 8. Application of Regulations under Gas Pipelines Access Law 9. Interpretation of some expressions in the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations PART 3-NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT Division 1-Conferral of functions and powers 10. Conferral of functions on Commonwealth Minister and Commonwealth bodies 11. Conferral of power on Commonwealth Minister and Commonwealth bodies to do acts in this State 12. Conferral of power on Ministers, Regulators and appeals bodies of other scheme participants 13. Conferral of functions on Code Registrar 14. Functions and powers conferred on Victorian Minister, Regulator and appeals body Divisions 2, 3-Repealed 15-18. Repealed PART 4-GENERAL 19. Exemption from taxes 20. Actions in relation to cross-boundary pipelines 20A. VENCorp not a service provider under Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations 21. Application of Essential Services Commission Act 2001. 22. Proceedings in respect of Law 23. Supreme Court-limitation of jurisdiction PART 5-CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 24. Transitional 24A. Access arrangements 24B. Access Code 25. Gas Industry Act 1994. 26. Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984. 27. New section 38BA inserted --------------- ENDNOTES 1. General Information 2. Table of Amendments 3. Explanatory Details Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - PART 1 PART 1 PRELIMINARY Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 1 Purpose $$NSECT 1. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to make provision for the regulation of third party access to natural gas pipeline systems. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 2 Commencement 2. Commencement (1) This Part comes into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. (2) The remaining provisions of this Act come into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 3 Definitions 3. Definitions (1) In this Act- Gas Pipelines Access Law means- (a) Schedule 1 to the South Australian Act- (i) as enacted; or (ii) if amended, as amended and in force for the time being; and (b) the National Third Party Access Code for Natural Gas Pipeline Systems (a copy of which, as agreed by the Council of Australian Governments on 7 November 1997, is set out in Schedule 2 to the South Australian Act) or, if that Code is amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to that Act, that Code as so amended and in force for the time being; Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law means the provisions applying because of section 7; Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations means the provisions applying because of section 8; South Australian Act means the Gas Pipelines Access (South Australia) Act 1997 of South Australia. (2) Words and expressions used in Schedule 1 to the South Australian Act, as applying because of section 7, and in this Act have the same respective meanings in this Act as they have in that Schedule as so applying. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the extent that the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 4 Crown to be bound 4. Crown to be bound This Act, the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations bind the Crown, not only in the right of Victoria but also, so far as the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Crown in all its other capacities. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 5 Application to coastal waters 5. Application to coastal waters (1) This Act, the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations apply in the coastal waters of this State. (2) In subsection (1)- coastal waters, in relation to this State, means any sea that is on the landward side of the adjacent area of this State but is not within the limits of this State. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 6 Extra-territorial operation 6. Extra-territorial operation (1) It is the intention of the Parliament that the operation of this Act, the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations should, as far as possible, include operation in relation to the following- (a) things situated in or outside this State; (b) acts, transactions and matters done, entered into or occurring in or outside this State; (c) things, acts, transactions and matters (wherever situated, done, entered into or occurring) that would, apart from this Act, be governed or otherwise affected by the law of another State, a Territory, the Commonwealth or a foreign country. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) has effect in relation to a pipeline to the extent that the pipeline is situated, or partly situated, beyond the jurisdictional areas of all the scheme participants. _______________ Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - PART 2 PART 2 GAS PIPELINES ACCESS (VICTORIA) LAW AND GAS PIPELINES ACCESS (VICTORIA) REGULATIONS Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 7 Application in Victoria of the Gas Pipelines Access Law 7. Application in Victoria of the Gas Pipelines Access Law The Gas Pipelines Access Law- (a) applies as a law of Victoria; and (b) as so applying may be referred to as the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 8 Application of Regulations under Gas Pipelines Access Law 8. Application of Regulations under Gas Pipelines Access Law The Regulations in force for the time being under Part 3 of the South Australian Act- (a) apply as Regulations in force for the purposes of the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law; and (b) as so applying may be referred to as the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 9 Interpretation of some expressions in the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations 9. Interpretation of some expressions in the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations (1) In the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations- Code means the National Third Party Access Code for Natural Gas Pipeline Systems (a copy of which, as agreed by the Council of Australian Governments on 7 November 1997, is set out in Schedule 2 to the South Australian Act) or, if that Code is amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to that Act, that Code as so amended and in force for the time being, as it applies because of section 7 of this Act as a law of Victoria; the Court means the Supreme Court; designated appeals body means the Australian Competition Tribunal; designated Minister means the Commonwealth Minister; Gas Pipelines Access Law or this Law means the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law; Legislature means the Parliament of Victoria; local appeals body means an appeal panel referred to in section 21(2) of this Act; local Minister means the Minister responsible for the administration of this Act; local Regulator means the Office of the Regulator-General; this scheme participant means the State of Victoria; Supreme Court means the Supreme Court of Victoria. (2) The Acts Interpretation Act 1915, and other Acts, of South Australia do not apply to- (a) the Gas Pipelines Access Law set out in Schedule 1 to the South Australian Act in its application as a law of Victoria; or (b) the regulations in force for the time being under Part 3 of the South Australian Act in their application as Regulations in force for the purposes of the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law. _______________ Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - PART 3 PART 3 NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT Division 1-Conferral of functions and powers Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 10 Conferral of functions on Commonwealth Minister and Commonwealth bodies 10. Conferral of functions on Commonwealth Minister and Commonwealth bodies (1) The Commonwealth Minister, the ACCC, the NCC and the Australian Competition Tribunal have the functions and powers conferred or expressed to be conferred on them respectively under the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law. (2) In addition to the powers mentioned in subsection (1), the Commonwealth Minister and the bodies referred to in that subsection have power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done in connection with the performance or exercise of the functions and powers referred to in that subsection. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 11 Conferral of power on Commonwealth Minister and Commonwealth bodies to do acts in this State 11. Conferral of power on Commonwealth Minister and Commonwealth bodies to do acts in this State The Commonwealth Minister, the ACCC, the NCC and the Australian Competition Tribunal have power to do acts in or in relation to this State in the performance or exercise of a function or power expressed to be conferred on them respectively by the gas pipelines access legislation of another scheme participant. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 12 Conferral of power on Ministers, Regulators and appeals bodies of other scheme participants 12. Conferral of power on Ministers, Regulators and appeals bodies of other scheme participants The local Minister, the local Regulator and the local appeals body within the meaning of the gas pipelines access legislation of another scheme participant have power to do acts in or in relation to this State in the performance or exercise of a function or power expressed to be conferred on them respectively by the gas pipelines access legislation of that other scheme participant. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 13 Conferral of functions on Code Registrar 13. Conferral of functions on Code Registrar (1) The Code Registrar- (a) has the functions and powers conferred or expressed to be conferred on the Code Registrar under the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law or under the National Gas Agreement; and (b) has any other functions and powers conferred on the Code Registrar by unanimous resolution of the relevant Ministers of the scheme participants. (2) In addition to the powers mentioned in subsection (1), the Code Registrar has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done in connection with the performance or exercise of the functions and powers referred to in that subsection. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 14 Functions and powers conferred on Victorian Minister, Regulator and appeals body 14. Functions and powers conferred on Victorian Minister, Regulator and appeals body If the gas pipelines access legislation of another scheme participant confers a function or power on- (a) the Minister; or (b) the Essential Services Commission; or (c) an appeal panel constituted under the Essential Services Commission Act 2001- the Minister, Commission or panel- (d) may perform that function or exercise that power; and (e) may do all things necessary or convenient to be done in connection with the performance or exercise of that function or power. * * * * * * * * * * _______________ Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - PART 4 PART 4 GENERAL Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 19 Exemption from taxes 19. Exemption from taxes (1) Any stamp duty or other tax imposed by or under a law of this State is not payable in relation to- (a) an exempt matter; or (b) anything done (including, for example, a transaction entered into or an instrument or document made, executed, lodged or given) because of, or arising out of, an exempt matter. (2) In this section- exempt matter means a transfer of assets or liabilities that the Minister and the Treasurer are satisfied is made for the purpose of ensuring that a person does not carry on a business of producing, purchasing or selling natural gas in breach of the Code or for the purpose of the separation of certain activities from other activities of a person as required by the Code, and for no other purpose. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 20 Actions in relation to cross-boundary pipelines 20. Actions in relation to cross-boundary pipelines (1) If a pipeline is a cross-boundary pipeline, any action taken under the gas pipelines access legislation of a scheme participant in whose jurisdictional area a part of the pipeline is situated- (a) by, or in relation to, a relevant Minister, or a relevant Regulator, within the meaning of that legislation; or (b) by, or in relation to, an arbitrator appointed by a relevant Regulator within the meaning of that legislation; or (c) by the Supreme Court, or the relevant appeals body, within the meaning of that legislation, in relation to the action taken by, or in relation to, a person or body referred to in paragraph (a) or (b)- is taken also to be action taken under the gas pipelines access legislation of each other scheme participant in whose jurisdictional area a part of the pipeline is situated (that other legislation)- (d) by, or in relation to, a relevant Minister, or relevant Regulator, within the meaning of that other legislation; or (e) by, or in relation to, an arbitrator appointed by a relevant Regulator within the meaning of that other legislation; or (f) by the Supreme Court, or relevant appeals body, within the meaning of that other legislation- as the case requires. (1A) Despite subsection (1), the Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction to make a declaration or order about the validity, or affecting the operation, of a decision of a relevant Minister, relevant Regulator or arbitrator in relation to a cross-boundary distribution pipeline unless this State has been determined to be the scheme participant most closely connected to the pipeline. (2) In this section- cross-boundary pipeline means a transmission pipeline, or a distribution pipeline, that is, or is to be, situated in the jurisdictional areas of 2 or more scheme participants. (3) A reference in this section to an action that is taken includes a reference to a decision that is made. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 20A VENCorp not a service provider under Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations 20A. VENCorp not a service provider under Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations Despite anything to the contrary in the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations, VENCorp is not to be taken to be a service provider if it operates, or controls the operation of (without at the same time owning) a pipeline. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 21 Application of Essential Services Commission Act 2001 21. Application of Essential Services Commission Act 2001 (1) For the purposes of the Essential Services Commission Act 2001- (a) this Act, the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law and the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations are relevant legislation; and (b) the gas industry is a regulated industry. (2) A local appeals body within the meaning of section 9 is an appeal panel consisting of a chairperson and 2 other persons appointed by the Minister administering the Essential Services Commission Act 2001, constituted in accordance with section 56(2) of that Act. (3) Sections 57, 58 and 59 and the Regulations under the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 apply to a local appeals body within the meaning of section 9 of this Act. (4) Except as provided by subsections (2) and (3) of this section, sections 55 and 56 of the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 do not apply in relation to this Act. (5) The Essential Services Commission, in its capacity as the local Regulator within the meaning of the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law- (a) may perform and exercise only such functions and powers as are conferred on it by that Law or by the gas pipelines access legislation of another scheme participant; and (b) is not subject to the control or direction of the Minister administering the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 in the performance or exercise of any such function or power. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 22 Proceedings in respect of Law 22. Proceedings in respect of Law (1) Except as otherwise provided in Part 5 of the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law- (a) a person may not bring civil proceedings in respect of a matter arising under that Law except in accordance with Part 5 or 6 of that Law; and (b) criminal proceedings do not lie against a person by reason only that the person- (i) has contravened a provision of that Law; or (ii) has attempted to contravene such a provision; or (iii) has aided, abetted, counselled or procured a person to contravene such a provision; or (iv) has induced, or attempted to induce, a person, whether by threats or promises or otherwise, to contravene such a provision; or (v) has been in any way, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or party to, the contravention by a person of such a provision; or (vi) has conspired with others to contravene such a provision. (2) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply in respect of a provision of the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law for an offence against which a penalty is prescribed by that Law. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 23 Supreme Court-limitation of jurisdiction 23. Supreme Court-limitation of jurisdiction (1) It is the intention of section 22 to alter or vary section 85 of the Constitution Act 1975. (2) It is the intention of section 20(1A) to alter or vary section 85 of the Constitution Act 1975. _______________ Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - PART 5 PART 5 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 24 Transitional 24. Transitional (1) Arbitration or legal proceedings under Part 4B of the Gas Industry Act 1994 relating to a Code pipeline within the meaning of the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law that have commenced but not been completed when an access arrangement is approved in relation to the pipeline under that Law may be continued under Part 4B of that Act as if an access arrangement had not been so approved. (2) For the purposes of this section, arbitration proceedings are taken to have commenced under Part 4B of the Gas Industry Act 1994 if a person has, in accordance with that Part, notified the Regulator that an access dispute exists. (3) An award of an arbitrator under Part 4B of the Gas Industry Act 1994 relating to a Code pipeline within the meaning of the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law has effect as a determination of an arbitrator under that Law. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 24A Access arrangements 24A. Access arrangements (1) An application for acceptance of an access arrangement made, but not determined, before the repeal of Part 4B of the Gas Industry Act 1994 by this Act is deemed to be an application for acceptance of an access arrangement under the new Access Code and anything done in connection with the application under that Part is deemed to have been done for the purposes of an application under the new Access Code. (2) An access arrangement in force under Part 4B of the Gas Industry Act 1994, as so in force immediately before the repeal of that Part by this Act, is deemed to be an access arrangement in force under the new Access Code and, subject to subsection (3), has effect accordingly. (3) Until its first review under section 2 of the new Access Code, an access arrangement to which subsection (2) applies continues to be subject to sections 3 and 8 and to section 9 (so far as it applies to sections 3 and 8) and to sections 2.33 and 2.48A of the old Access Code and is not subject to the corresponding provisions of the new Access Code. (4) A tender process approved for the purposes of section 3 of the old Access Code and commenced but not completed before the repeal of Part 4B of the Gas Industry Act 1994 has effect as a tender process approved and commenced under the new Access Code and may be completed for the purposes of that Code. (5) Section 3 of the new Access Code has effect as if it included sections 3.39 and 3.40 of the old Access Code. (6) Until 1 January 2000, section 7 of the new Access Code has effect as if the definitions of Associate and Associate Contract in section 7 of the old Access Code were substituted for the corresponding definitions in section 7 of the new Access Code. (7) In this section- first review, in relation to an access arrangement, means the date approved by the relevant regulator within the meaning of the new Access Code as the revisions commencement date for the purposes of the access arrangement; new Access Code means the National Third Party Access Code for Natural Gas Pipeline Systems (a copy of which, as agreed by the Council of Australian Governments on 7 November 1997, is set out in Schedule 2 to the South Australian Act) or, if that Code is amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to that Act, that Code as so amended and in force for the time being, as it applies because of section 7 of this Act as a law of Victoria; old Access Code" means the Access Code under Part 4B of the Gas Industry Act 1994, as in force immediately before the repeal of that Part by this Act. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 24B Access Code 24B. Access Code (1) Section 4.1 of the old Access Code has effect as if for paragraph (a) there were substituted- "(a) be a legal entity registered under the Corporations Act or a foreign company within the meaning of that Act, a statutory corporation, a government or an entity established by royal charter;". (2) Until paragraph (a) of section 4.1 of the new Access Code is amended in accordance with that Code, that section has effect as if for paragraph (a) there were substituted- "(a) be a legal entity registered under the Corporations Act or a foreign company within the meaning of that Act, a statutory corporation, a government or an entity established by royal charter;". (2A) In addition to subsections (1) and (2), the Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may provide that for the purposes of section 24A certain provisions of the old Access Code are to have effect as if amended as set out in the Order. (2B) On the publication of an Order under subsection (2A), the old Access Code is deemed to have effect for the purposes of section 24A as if amended as set out in the Order. (3) In this section, new Access Code and old Access Code have the same meanings as in section 24A. Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 25 Gas Industry Act 1994 25. Gas Industry Act 1994 In the Gas Industry Act 1994- (a) in section 3- (i) omit the definition of Access Code; (ii) in the definition of civil penalty provision, paragraph (b) is repealed; (iii) in the definition of conduct provision, paragraph (b) is repealed; (iv) in the definition of regulatory provision, paragraph (b) is repealed; (b) in section 6D(1), omit ", the Access Code"; (c) in section 8A(a), for "Parts 4A and 4B are" substitute "Part 4A is"; (d) in section 8B- (i) for "Parts 4A and 4B" substitute "Part 4A"; (ii) paragraph (b) is repealed; (e) in section 48A(5), for "Access Code" substitute "Code within the meaning of the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law"; (f) in section 48F(2), paragraph (a) is repealed; (g) Part 4B is repealed; (h) in section 102(1A), omit "or the Access Code". Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 26 Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 26. Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 After section 32(1)(j) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 insert- "(ja) the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law;". Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 - SECT 27 New section 38BA inserted 27. New section 38BA inserted After section 38B of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 insert- "38BA. References to Gas Pipelines Access Law In an Act or subordinate instrument- Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Law means the provisions applying because of section 7 of the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998; Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Regulations means the provision applying because of section 8 of the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998.". --------------- ENDNOTES 1. General Information Minister's second reading speech- Legislative Assembly: 9 April 1998 Legislative Council: 30 April 1998 The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to make provision for the regulation of third party access to natural gas pipeline systems, to amend the Gas Industry Act 1994 and for other purposes." Constitution Act 1975: Section 85(5) statement: Legislative Assembly: 9 April 1998 Legislative Council: 30 April 1998 Absolute majorities: Legislative Assembly: 29 April 1998 Legislative Council: 12 May 1998 The Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 was assented to on 19 May 1998 and came into operation as follows: Part 1 (sections 1-6) on 19 May 1998: section 2(1); rest of Act (except Part 3 Division 2) on 1 July 1999: Government Gazette 1 July 1999 page 1521; Part 3 Division 2 was never proclaimed, repealed by No. 22/2000 section 20(2). 2. Table of Amendments This Version incorporates amendments made to the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 by Acts and subordinate instruments. ------------------------------------------------------------- Gas Industry Acts (Amendment) Act 1998, No. 91/1998 Assent Date: 24.11.98 Commencement Date: Ss 24, 25 on 1.12.98: s. 2(6) Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 Office of the Regulator-General (Amendment) Act 1999, No. 11/1999 Assent Date: 11.5.99 Commencement Date: 11.5.99: s. 2 Current State: All of Act in operation Gas Industry Acts (Further Amendment) Act 1999, No. 39/1999 Assent Date: 8.6.99 Commencement Date: S. 31 on 8.6.99: s. 2(1) Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 Federal Courts (Consequential Amendments) Act 2000, No. 22/2000 (as amended by No. 25/2004) Assent Date: 16.5.00 Commencement Date: S. 20, 21 on 1.7.00: Government Gazette 29.6.00 p. 1455; ss 22, 23 on 8.3.04: s. 2(1A) Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 Gas Industry Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2001, No. 32/2001 Assent Date: 19.6.01 Commencement Date: S. 30 on 1.7.02: s. 2(4) Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, No. 44/2001 Assent Date: 27.6.01 Commencement Date: S. 3(Sch. item 58) on 15.7.01: s. 2 Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 Essential Services Commission Act 2001, No. 62/2001 Endnotes Assent Date: 23.10.01 Commencement Date: S. 82 on 1.1.02: s. 2 Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 Energy Legislation Further Amendment Act 2007, No. 55/2007 Endnotes Assent Date: 7.11.07 Commencement Date: S. 34 on 8.11.07: s. 2 Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Explanatory Details No entries at date of publication. ?? ?? Part 1-Preliminary Gas Pipelines Access (Victoria) Act 1998 No. 31 of 1998