Gas Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2003 No. 191 Gas (Residual Provisions) Act 1965 GAS AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Replacement of s 10 (Gas quality etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 10 Composition, characteristics and quality of gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Amendment of s 100 (Standards etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of s 117 (Gas testing and inspection fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Omission of sch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s5 Gas Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 191, 2003 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Gas Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 October 2003. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Gas Regulation 1989. 4 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) Section 1, ‘ Gas Regulation 1989 ’— omit, insert — ‘ Gas (Residual Provisions) Regulation 1989 ’. 5 Replacement of s 10 (Gas quality etc.) Section 10— omit, insert — ‘10 Composition, characteristics and quality of gas ‘ (1) The composition, characteristics and quality of gas must comply with— (a) for liquefied petroleum gas—the ‘ Liquefied Petroleum Gas Specifications and Test Methods’ (1973) issued by the Australian Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association; or (b) for natural gas—AS 4564—‘Specification for general purpose natural gas’ (2003). 1 ‘ (2) This section is subject to section 21. 2 ’. 1 Copies of the ‘ Liquefied Petroleum Gas Specifications and Test Methods ’ and AS 4564 may be inspected at the department’s office, during business hours on business days, at 41 George Street, Brisbane. 2 Section 21 (Non-conforming gases)

s6 3 s7 Gas Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 191, 2003 6 Amendment of s 100 (Standards etc.) Section 100(1), the table, entry under heading (c) for Liquefied Petroleum Gas specifications and test methods— omit . 7 Amendment of s 117 (Gas testing and inspection fees) (1) Section 117— insert — ‘ (1A) However, if the gas supplier— (a) holds a distribution authority or a retail authority under the GasSupply Act 2003 ; and (b) receives, under that Act, a notice stating a distribution or retail fee is payable by the supplier for the financial year in which the 6 month period falls; the supplier may deduct from the amount of the fee calculated under subsection (1) the amount that is one-half of the distribution or retail fee.’. (2) Section 117(4), ‘fees.’— omit, insert— ‘fees, including, if the gas supplier makes a deduction subsection (1A)— (a) the amount of the distribution or retail fee payable for the financial year by the gas supplier; and (b) if the gas supplier has wholly or partly paid the distribution or retail fee—the amount paid.’. (3) Section 117(5)— omit, insert — ‘ (5) In this section— “distribution or retail fee” means a fee mentioned in the GasSupplyRegulation 2003 , schedule 1, part 1, item 2 or part 2, item 2. “gas supplier” does not include an agent for the distribution or retail sale of gas for a gas supplier.’.

s8 4 Gas Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 8 Omission of sch 2 Schedule 2— omit . s8 No. 191, 2003 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 21 August 2003. 2. Notified in the gazette on 22 August 2003. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. © State of Queensland 2003