NATIONAL THIRD PARTY ACCESS CODE FOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS - REG 4.24

NATIONAL THIRD PARTY ACCESS CODE FOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS - REG 4.24

4.24

                Subject to the Gas Pipelines Access Law, a notice under section 4.15 has effect 14 days after the notice is given to the Service Provider or such later date as the Relevant Regulator specifies in the notice. A Service Provider or other person adversely affected may under the Gas Pipelines Access Law have a decision by the Relevant Regulator to issue or not issue a notice under section 4.15 reviewed by the Relevant Appeals Body.

5.         INFORMATION AND TIMELINES FOR NEGOTIATION

This section of the Code places obligations on Service Providers and Users to disclose to the market information relevant to obtaining access to Services.

Service Providers are required to:

·         establish, and provide to bona fide Prospective Users who request it, an Information Package containing general information on the terms and conditions of access and explaining how to make a specific access request;

·         respond within 30 days to a specific request for access; and

·         establish and maintain a public register of Spare and Developable Capacity.

Users with Contracted Capacity which they do not expect to use must make available to any person who requests it information about the quantity, type and timing of that unutilised Contracted Capacity. The User may notify the Service Provider of its unutilised Contracted Capacity so that it is included on the Service Provider’s public register.

        [Overview to section 5 amended: Gazette 2 May 2003 p. 1526.]