Western Australian Repealed Regulations

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This legislation has been repealed.

GAS DISTRIBUTION REGULATIONS 1996


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Citation  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Application of these regulations  
   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Application of Interpretation Act to grants of access  
   6.      References to clauses in Schedule 1  
   7.      24 hour clock  
   8.      SI units  
   9.      References to duration of grant of access  
   10.     References to gas distribution capacity, point capacity or contracted peak rate  
   11.     References to delivery of gas to the trading business  
   12.     Commercial viability  

   PART 2 -- Market sensitive information, non-discrimination and accountability  

           Division 2.1 -- Prevention of communication or use of market sensitive information  

   13.     Market sensitive information  

           Division 2.2 -- Discrimination  

   14.     Minister to be notified of any finding of discrimination  

           Division 2.3 -- Miscellaneous accountability matters  

   15.     Description of the gas distribution system  
   16.     Corporation’s response to enquiries  
   18.     No prohibition on bypass  
   19.     Financial records  

   PART 3 -- Application for, and grant of, access  

           Division 3.1 -- General  

   20.     Reasonable and prudent person  
   21.     Application process is at applicant’s expense  
   22.     Corporation may establish administrative procedures  

           Division 3.2 -- The application  

   23.     Lead times for applications  
   24.     User may increase duration or obtain additional contracted peak rate only by new application  
   25.     Contracted peak rate may vary over time  
   26.     Application for access  
   27.     Applicant to assist in any consequential environmental, safety and other matters  

           Division 3.3 -- Processing the application  

   28.     Corporation must process application expeditiously  
   29.     First come first served  
   30.     Obligation to make grant of access  
   31.     Conditions precedent for grant of access  
   32.     Application may be linked to application for transmission capacity  
   33.     Assessment of compliance with conditions precedent  

           Division 3.4 -- Non-compliance, amendment, withdrawal and rejection of application  

   34.     If application does not comply with a condition precedent  
   35.     Applicant may elect to negotiate amendment after notice of non-compliance  
   36.     Application deemed rejected after 30 days if no election to negotiate  
   37.     Linked application deemed rejected if transmission application is rejected  
   38.     Application deemed rejected after 120 days if grant of access not made  
   39.     Amendment of application  
   40.     Priority of amended applications  
   41.     Withdrawal of application  

           Division 3.5 -- Making the grant of access  

   42.     The grant of access  
   43.     Conditional grant of access  

   PART 4 -- The grant of access  

           Division 4.1 -- General  

   44.     Access to gas distribution capacity must be under a grant of access  
   45.     Form of grant of access  
   46.     Contracting out of non- essential terms  
   47.     Essential terms  
   48.     Regulations to prevail  
   49.     Duration of grant of access  
   50.     Option to renew grant of access  
   51.     Amendment of grant of access  

           Division 4.2 -- Title to gas  

   52.     Corporation has title to all gas in gas transmission system and gas distribution system  
   53.     No actions against corporation in respect of gas in gas distribution system  
   54.     Only user may take delivery, title and possession of gas from the corporation  
   55.     User’s entitlement to receive gas is contractual  

           Division 4.3 -- Designated shippers  

   56.     Designated shippers  

           Division 4.4 -- Miscellaneous matters  

   57.     Grants of access to be publicly available  
   58.     Insurances  
   59.     The user is responsible for its and its contractors’ personnel and property  
   60.     Corporation’s liability to third persons  
   61.     No assignment except as provided for in these regulations  
   62.     Assignment by corporation  
   63.     Assignment by user and compulsory assignment at request of user’s threshold gas customer  
   65.     Annual review of utilization  
   66.     Saving of corporation’s powers  
   67.     Curtailments of gas deliveries to be allocated to defaulting users where practicable  
   68.     Advance information  

   PART 5 -- Prices  

   69.     Corporation to determine prices  
   70.     Redetermined prices apply to existing users  
   71.     Network prices  
   72.     Service price  
   73.     Opportunity cost pricing  
   74.     Commercial viability arrangements  
   75.     Prices to be take-or-pay  
   76.     Redetermination of prices  
   77.     Investment in the high pressure system  
   78.     Costs of transmission information system recoverable  
   79.     Prices at multi-user outlet point  

   PART 6 -- Technical and operational matters  

           Division 6.1 -- Outlet meter sets and distribution metering equipment  

   80.     Installation, operation and maintenance of outlet meter sets  
   81.     Installation, operation and maintenance of distribution metering equipment  
   82.     Distribution metering equipment  
   83.     Use of gas quality data from other locations  
   84.     Metering uncertainty  
   85.     Provision of information to users  
   86.     Accuracy verification, correction of inaccurate measurements, etc.  
   87.     Determining trading business’ hourly sub-network outlet quantity  
   88.     Identification of closest physical gate point  
   89.     Standards generally  

           Division 6.2 -- Other technical and operational matters  

   90.     Corporation to operate and maintain system as reasonable and prudent person  
   91.     Multi-user allocation agreements  
   92.     Applicant must have multi-user allocation agreement or submit to the corporation’s allocations  
   93.     Corporation’s allocations may effect curtailment  
   94.     Gas losses and gas consumed by the corporation  
   95.     Emergencies  

   PART 7 -- Other access  

   96.     Access from systems other than the gas transmission system and access to medium and low-pressure networks  

   PART 8 -- Miscellaneous  

   97.     Notices  
   98.     Receipt of notices  
   99.     No common carriage  
   100.    Corporation not a supplier of gas  
   101.    No disclosure of user information  
   102.    Prescribed fees  

   PART 9 -- Transitional provisions to do with commencement of these regulations  

   103.    Pre-scheme distribution metering equipment deemed to comply  
   104.    Trading business’ initial grant  
   105.    Trading business and new threshold gas customers  

   PART 10 -- Transitional provisions to do with termination of these regulations  

   106.    This Part to prevail  
   107.    No further price redetermination required  
   108.    Duration of grants of access  
   109.    Time by which grants of access end  
   110.    Contracts already existing  
           SCHEDULE 1 -- The Grant of Access  
           Appendix  1 -- Pricing  
           Appendix 2 -- Option[s] to extend grant of access  
           Appendix 3 -- Contracted distribution outlet points and contracted peak rates  
           Appendix 4 -- User specific facilities  
           Appendix 5 -- Outlet pressures  
           SCHEDULE 2 -- Prescribed Fees  
           Compilation table


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