NATIONAL THIRD PARTY ACCESS CODE FOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS
Table of Provisions
- 1.1 Pipelines in Schedule A are Covered
- 1.2 NCC to Recommend on an Application for Coverage
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 1.7
- 1.8
- 1.9
- 1.10
- 1.11
- 1.12
- 1.13 Relevant Minister to Decide on a Coverage Recommendation
- 1.14
- 1.15
- 1.16
- 1.17
- 1.18
- 1.19
- 1.20 Pipelines subject to Access Arrangements submitted under section 2.3 are Covered
- 1.21 New Pipelines the subject of an approved competitive tender are Covered
- 1.22 Opinion of NCC in respect of proposed Pipelines
- 1.23
- 1.24 Revocation of Coverage
- 1.25
- 1.26
- 1.27
- 1.28
- 1.29
- 1.30
- 1.31
- 1.32
- 1.33
- 1.34 Relevant Minister to Decide on a Revocation Recommendation
- 1.35
- 1.36
- 1.37
- 1.38
- 1.39
- 1.40 Extensions/Expansions of a Covered Pipeline
- 1.41
- 2.1 Submission of Access Arrangements
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.4A
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.7
- 2.8
- 2.9 Public Consultation and Approval
- 2.10
- 2.11
- 2.12
- 2.13
- 2.14
- 2.15
- 2.15A
- 2.16
- 2.16A
- 2.17
- 2.18
- 2.19
- 2.20
- 2.21
- 2.22
- 2.23 2.24.
- 2.25
- 2.26
- 2.27
- 2.28 Review of an Access Arrangement
- 2.28A
- 2.28B
- 2.29
- 2.30
- 2.31
- 2.32
- 2.33
- 2.34
- 2.35
- 2.36
- 2.37
- 2.37A
- 2.38
- 2.38A
- 2.39
- 2.40
- 2.41
- 2.42
- 2.43
- 2.44
- 2.45
- 2.46
- 2.47
- 2.48
- 2.49
- 2.50 Access Arrangement not to limit Access
- 2.51 Previous Access Arrangements
- 2.52
- 3.1 Services to be Offered
- 3.2
- 3.3 Reference Tariffs and Reference Tariff Policy
- 3.4
- 3.5
- 3.6 Terms and Conditions
- 3.7 Capacity Management Policy
- 3.8
- 3.9 Trading Policy
- 3.10
- 3.11
- 3.12
- 3.13
- 3.14
- 3.15
- 3.16 Extensions/Expansions Policy
- 3.17 Review and Expiry of the Access Arrangement
- 3.18
- 3.19
- 3.20
- 3.21 Determining Reference Tariffs through a Competitive Tender Process
- 3.22
- 3.23
- 3.24
- 3.25
- 3.26
- 3.27
- 3.28
- 3.29
- 3.30
- 3.31
- 3.32
- 3.33
- 3.34
- 3.35
- 3.36
- 4.1 Ring Fencing Minimum Obligations
- 4.1A
- 4.2
- 4.3 Ring Fencing Obligations
- 4.4
- 4.5 Procedures for Adding Ring Fencing Obligations
- 4.6
- 4.7
- 4.8
- 4.9
- 4.10
- 4.11
- 4.12 Compliance Procedures and Compliance Reporting
- 4.13
- 4.14
- 4.15 Waiver of Ring Fencing Obligations
- 4.15A
- 4.16 Procedures for Waiving Ring Fencing Obligations
- 4.17
- 4.18
- 4.19
- 4.20
- 4.21
- 4.22
- 4.23
- 4.24
- 5.1 General Requests from Prospective Users
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 5.4 Specific Requests from Prospective Users
- 5.5
- 5.6
- 5.7
- 5.8 Information Provided by Users to the Market
- 5.9
- 6.1 Notification of a Dispute
- 6.2
- 6.3
- 6.4
- 6.5 Withdrawal and Termination of a Dispute
- 6.6
- 6.7 The Arbitration
- 6.8
- 6.9
- 6.10
- 6.11
- 6.12
- 6.13
- 6.14
- 6.15 Guidance for the Arbitrator
- 6.16
- 6.17
- 6.18 Restrictions on Decisions
- 6.19 Effect of a Surcharge
- 6.20 Prior Capital Contributions 6.21. Safe Operation of a Covered Pipeline
- 6.22 Obligation to Develop Capacity
- 6.23
- 6.24 Prospective User May Decide Not to Take a Service
- 6.25 Reservation of Capacity During an Access Dispute
- 6.26 Obligation to Reflect the Decision in a Draft Contract
- 6.27
- 7.1 Approval of Relevant Regulator Required for Associate Contracts
- 7.2
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 7.7 Decisions by the NCC, Relevant Minister, Relevant Regulator and Arbitrator
- 7.8
- 7.9
- 7.10 Public Register
- 7.11 Treatment of Confidential Information
- 7.12 7.13.
- 7.14
- 7.15 Operational Guidelines
- 7.16 Extensions to Time Limits
- 7.17
- 7.18
- 7.19
- 7.20
- 7.21
- 7.22
- 8.1 General Principles
- 8.2
- 8.3 Form of Regulation and Variation of Reference Tariff
- 8.3A
- 8.3B
- 8.3C
- 8.3D
- 8.3E
- 8.3F
- 8.3G
- 8.3H
- 8.4 Total Revenue
- 8.5
- 8.5A
- 8.6
- 8.7
- 8.8 Principles for Establishing the Capital Base
- 8.9
- 8.10 Initial Capital Base - Existing Pipelines
- 8.11
- 8.12 Initial Capital Base - New Pipelines
- 8.13
- 8.14 Initial Capital Base - After the Expiry of an Access Arrangement 8.15. New Facilities Investment
- 8.16
- 8.17
- 8.18
- 8.19
- 8.20 Forecast Capital Expenditure
- 8.21
- 8.22
- 8.23 Capital Contributions
- 8.24
- 8.25 Surcharges
- 8.26
- 8.27 Capital Redundancy
- 8.28
- 8.29
- 8.30 Rate of Return
- 8.31
- 8.32 Depreciation Schedule - Cost of Service
- 8.33
- 8.34 Application of Depreciation Principles to the IRR/NPV Methodology
- 8.35
- 8.36 Non Capital Costs
- 8.37
- 8.38 Allocation of Revenue (Costs) between Services
- 8.39
- 8.40
- 8.41
- 8.42 Allocation of Revenue (Costs) between Users
- 8.43 Prudent Discounts
- 8.44 Use of Incentive Mechanisms
- 8.45
- 8.46
- 8.47 Certain Reference Tariff Principles Not Subject to Periodic Review
- 8.48
- 8.49 Assessment of Compliance with Section 8 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 10.1 How this Code applies to Multiple Service Providers
- 10.2
- 10.3 How this Code applies to successor Service Providers
- 10.4 Overviews
- 10.5
- 10.6 Notices
- 10.7 Regulatory and Conduct Provisions
- 10.8 Definitions
- 10.9 SCHEDULE A -- PIPELINES TO BE COVERED FROM COMMENCEMENT OF THE CODE