NATIONAL THIRD PARTY ACCESS CODE FOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS - REG 1.9
NATIONAL THIRD PARTY ACCESS CODE FOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS - REG 1.9
1.9
Subject to
sections 1.4(a) and 1.10, the NCC must recommend that the Pipeline be Covered
(either to the extent described, or to a greater or lesser extent than that
described, in the application) if the NCC is satisfied of all of the following
matters, and cannot recommend that the Pipeline be Covered, to any extent, if
the NCC is not satisfied of one or more of the following matters:
(a) that
access (or increased access) to Services provided by means of the Pipeline
would promote competition in at least one market (whether or not in
Australia), other than the market for the Services provided by means of the
Pipeline;
(b) that
it would be uneconomic for anyone to develop another Pipeline to provide the
Services provided by means of the Pipeline;
(c) that
access (or increased access) to the Services provided by means of the Pipeline
can be provided without undue risk to human health or safety; and
(d) that
access (or increased access) to the Services provided by means of the Pipeline
would not be contrary to the public interest.