Victorian Consolidated Legislation

NATIONAL GAS (VICTORIA) ACT 2008

No. 30 of 2008
Version incorporating amendments as at 1 July 2009

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-NATIONAL GAS (VICTORIA) LAW AND NATIONAL GAS (VICTORIA) REGULATIONS

   7.      Application of National Gas Law
   8.      Application of Regulations under National Gas Law
   9.      Interpretation of some expressions in National Gas (Victoria) Law and National Gas (Victoria) Regulations
   9A.     Designated pipelines

   PART 3-CROSS VESTING OF POWERS

   10.     Conferral of powers on Commonwealth Minister and Commonwealth bodies to act in this State
   11.     Conferral of powers on Ministers of participating States and Territories to act in this State
   12.     Conferral of functions or powers on State Minister

   PART 4-GENERAL

   13.     Exemption from taxes
   14.     Actions in relation to cross boundary pipelines
   15.     Conferral of functions and powers on Commonwealth bodies
   16.     Supreme Court-limitation of jurisdiction
   16A.    Regulations

   PART 5-SPECIFIC VICTORIAN TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

           Division 1-Interpretation

   17.     Definitions
   18.     Meaning of gas distribution system regulatory duty
   19.     Meaning of gas distribution system regulatory function or
           power
   20.     Specification of Gas Distribution System Code provisions
           by Minister
   21.     Role of Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984.

           Division 2-Current and pending Victorian gas distribution
           system access arrangement revisions

   22.     Transitional clauses in NGL relating to distribution pipeline services access arrangements do not apply
   23.     Gas distribution access arrangements under review
   24.     Gas distribution access arrangement revision decisions under review
   25.     Revised gas distribution access arrangements become full
           access arrangements under NGL
   26.     Certain provisions of the Access Code to continue to apply
           to revised gas distribution access arrangement
   27.     Certain decisions relating to certain access arrangements are reviewable regulatory decisions for purposes of National Gas (Victoria) Law

           Division 3-AER functions, powers and duties under State instruments

   28.     Certain ESC functions, powers and duties conferred and
           imposed on the AER
   29.     ESC ceases to have distribution pipeline services related regulatory functions, powers and duties
   30.     Enforcement by AER of certain provisions of Victorian distribution licences
   31.     ESC cannot enforce certain gas distribution licence conditions that the AER can enforce
   32.     AER may request amendment of Gas Distribution System
           Code or ESC Guideline No. 17.
   33.     Appeals against certain decisions or actions of the AER
   34.     Provision of information and assistance by ESC to the AER

           Division 4-Miscellaneous matters

   35.     Consolidated access arrangements not permitted in respect of
           2 or more covered distribution pipelines
   36.     GPAL obligation comply with published general accounting guidelines continues
   37.     ESC Guideline No. 17 becomes a regulatory information order after specified day
   38.     Matters to be taken into account when AER makes or prepares regulatory information instruments

   PART 6-DECLARED SYSTEMS AND REGULATED GAS MARKETS

           Division 1-Ministerial declarations

   39.     Declared distribution systems and declared transmission
           systems
   40.     Declared host retailer
   41.     Declared LNG storage providers and agreements
   42.     Declared metering requirement
   43.     Declared wholesale gas market

           Division 2-AEMO's declared system functions

   44.     Application of AEMO's declared system functions
   45.     Certain defined terms for the purposes of the National Gas (Victoria) Law

           Division 3-Regulatory arrangements

   46.     Definitions
   47.     Declaration of current operating agreements
   48.     Ministerial specification of ESC code or guidelines or
           provisions under ESC codes or guidelines
   49.     Current operating agreement
   50.     Current service envelope agreement
   51.     Specified code or guidelines and specified VENCorp
           provisions

           Division 4-Gas emergencies

   52.     Definitions
   53.     Gas emergency protocol
   54.     Ministerial directions
   55.     Registered participants must comply with gas emergency protocol
   56.     Gas emergency protocol-transitional provision

           Division 5-Other matters

   57.     Notice of change to declared LNG storage provider or
           declared LNG supplier
   58.     MSO Rules procedures and guidelines-transitional provision
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details