Victorian Consolidated Legislation

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.

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