Gas Pipelines Access (South Australia) Regulations 1999 (SA)
South Australia
Gas Pipelines Access (South Australia) Regulations 1999
under Part 3 of the Gas Pipelines Access (South Australia) Act 1997
Contents
Short title
Commencement
Interpretation
Definition of pipeline
Civil penalty provisions
Availability of copies of Code and amendments
Service of summons to appear as witness
Schedule 1—Exclusions from definition of pipeline
Schedule 2—Civil penalties
Legislative history
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Gas Pipelines Access (South Australia) Regulations 1999.
2—Commencement
These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.
3—Interpretation
In these regulations—
Act means the Gas Pipelines Access (South Australia) Act 1997.
4—Definition of pipeline
Pursuant to section 12 of the Act and for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of pipeline in section 2 of Schedule 1 of the Act—
(a)a gas processing plant listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 is a prescribed gas processing plant; and
(b)in relation to a pipeline conveying natural gas from such a gas processing plant—the flange or other point described in column 2 of that table opposite the reference to the plant is a prescribed exit flange or connection point.
5—Civil penalty provisions
Pursuant to section 11 of the Act, a regulatory or conduct provision set out in the first column of the table in Schedule 2 is, for the purposes of the Gas Pipelines Access Law, a civil penalty provision and the amount specified opposite the reference to the provision is the maximum amount that the Court may determine is payable by a person who contravenes the provision.
6—Availability of copies of Code and amendments
Pursuant to section 12 of the Act and for the purposes of section 7 of Schedule 1 of the Act, the Code Registrar and the local Regulator are required to make a copy of—
(a)the Code as set out in Schedule 2 of the Act; and
(b)that Code, if amended, as amended and in force for the time being; and
(c)amendments made to that Code,
available for inspection during ordinary working hours on business days at their respective principal places of business.
7—Service of summons to appear as witness
A summons issued by the arbitrator under Part 4 of Schedule 1 of the Act—
(a)requiring a person to appear as a witness before the arbitrator; or
(b)requiring a person to appear before the arbitrator and to produce a document to the arbitrator,
must include—
(c)the name and address of the person on whom the summons is to be served; and
(d)if the summons is for the production of a document—
(i)a proper description of the document; and
(ii)if the document is to be produced by a person that is a corporation, the name and title of the appropriate officer of the corporation who is to attend and produce the document; and
(e)the date, time and place of the hearing of the arbitrator at which the person is required to attend and (if required) to produce the document.
The summons will remain in force for a period specified in the summons or, if no period is specified, until the conclusion of the proceeding in relation to which the summons has been issued.
The summons will be taken to be effectively served if—
(a)a copy of the summons is handed to the person to be served or, where service by that method is refused or obstructed or made impracticable, a copy of the summons is placed as near as practicable to the person and the person is informed of the nature of the summons; or
(b)a copy of the summons is delivered to a legal practitioner acting for the person to be served and the legal practitioner endorses a statement on the summons to the effect that the legal practitioner accepts service; or
(c)where the person to be served is a corporation, a copy of the summons is served on the corporation in accordance with the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; or
(d)a copy of the summons is served in accordance with an agreement made between the parties as to the place and method of service and the person on whom service may be effected; or
(e)an answer to the summons is filed with the arbitrator; or
(f)the arbitrator is satisfied that the person to be served has received a copy of the summons.
Schedule 1—Exclusions from definition of pipeline
This Schedule prescribes, in relation to a pipeline conveying natural gas from a prescribed gas processing plant, the point upstream of which the pipeline is not to be within the ambit of the definition of pipeline in section 2 of Schedule 1 of the Act.
| Prescribed gas processing plant | Prescribed exit flange or connection point |
| Northern Territory | |
| Palm Valley Gas Plant | In respect of the Palm Valley Gas Pipeline the flange— (a) shown as the insulating flange on the drawing entitled Palm Valley—Alice Springs Gas Pipe Line Well-Head Assembly—Drawing Number 10-011 (Revision 6 of 8/84) held by the Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy at Darwin; and (b) situated at the Palm Valley Gas Plant immediately inside the perimeter fence downstream of the main gas plant and immediately upstream of the launching system. |
| Mereenie Gas Plant | in respect of the Mereenie Gas Pipeline—the flange— (a) shown as the insulating flange (I.F.) on the drawing entitled Amadeus Basin to Darwin Pipeline Mereenie Meter Station—P&I Diagram Inlet and Station Limit Valve—Drawing Number AD M000-7002 (Revision D of 25.2.86) held by the Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy at Darwin; and (b) situated at the Mereenie Gas Plant immediately inside the perimeter fence and downstream of the main gas plant. |
| Queensland References to diagrams in the entries relating to Queensland are references to diagrams held by the Department of Mines and Energy at Brisbane. | |
| Wungoona J.V. (Wallumbilla) | In respect of the pipeline mentioned in pipeline licence PPL no. 2 (Wallumbilla to Brisbane) under the Petroleum Act 1923 of Queensland— the flange located immediately upstream of the series of valves before the meter run, as shown on diagram W, Wungoona JV-RBP ML 1A Metering Station and marked "AA" on the diagram. |
| In respect of the pipeline mentioned in pipeline licence PPL no. 30 under the Petroleum Act 1923 of Queensland— the pipe weld on the upstream side of an insulating joint located immediately upstream of the main flow control valve, as shown on diagram X, Wungoona JV—Duke Energy Pipeline and marked "BB" on the diagram. | |
| Ballera | In respect of the pipeline mentioned in pipeline licence PPL no. 24 under the Petroleum Act 1923 of Queensland— the 2 flanges on the upstream sides of 2 isolating valves upstream of where the pipeline separates into 2 parallel meter runs, as shown on diagram Y, Ballera Gas Centre—SWQ Unit—Epic Pipeline and marked "CC" and "DD" on the diagram. |
| In respect of the pipeline mentioned in pipeline licence PPL no. 41 under the Petroleum Act 1923 of Queensland— the pipe weld on the upstream side of the insulating joint leading to the 2 meter runs operated by the Ballera-Mount Isa Pipeline, as shown on diagram Z, Ballera Gas Centre—SWQ Unit—Ballera and marked "EE" on the diagram. | |
| Gilmore | In respect of the pipeline mentioned in pipeline licence PPL no. 15 under the Petroleum Act 1923 of Queensland— the upstream flange of the actuated slamshut valve XV-0305 that is located on the metering skid downstream of the gas flow measurement, as shown on Energy Equity's P&I Drawing No. G101-40F-0004. |
| Moura Mine | In respect of the pipeline mentioned in mining lease ML no. ML 80032 under the Mineral Resources Act 1923 of Queensland— the downstream face of the flanged ball valve SLV 0202 located between the dehydration unit and the launcher station, as shown on Drawings Nos NP03777-P11 and NP03777-P77. |
| Kincora | In respect of the pipeline mentioned in pipeline licence PPL no. 3 under the Petroleum Act 1923 of Queensland— the 150NB class 600 flange immediately downstream of the Kincora Gas Plant's 150NB class 600 actuated isolation valve, as shown on P&ID Drawing No. 600-1001 Rev 3. |
| Central Treatment (Westgrove) | In respect of the pipeline mentioned in pipeline licence PPL no. 11 under the Petroleum Act 1923 of Queensland— the 200NB class 900 flange located approximately 0.7m away from the Central Treatment Plant's main 200NB pipeline and pig launching facility immediately downstream of the plant's 200NB class 900 main isolation valve, as shown on P & ID Drawing No. 3100-10-0020 Rev 6. |
| Rolleston | In respect of the pipeline mentioned in pipeline licence PPL no. 10 under the Petroleum Act 1923 of Queensland— the 150NB class 900 flange located immediately downstream of the 150NB class 900 isolation valve that is immediately downstream of the moisture analyser on the Rolleston Gas Plant's sales gas metering facility, as shown on P & ID Drawing No. 3500-10-0020 Rev 5. |
| Dawson River Central | In respect of the pipeline mentioned in pipeline licence PPL no. 26 under the Petroleum Act 1923 of Queensland— the 150NB class 600 flange located immediately downstream of the 150NB class 600 isolation valve at the tie-in station, as shown on P & ID Drawing No. DR—11014 Rev 1. |
| Moura Central | In respect of the pipeline mentioned in pipeline licence PPL no. 26 under the Petroleum Act 1923 of Queensland— the 150NB class 600 flange located immediately downstream of the 150NB class 600 isolation valve at the tie-in station pit, as shown on P & ID Drawing No. DR—11014 Rev 1. |
| South Australia | |
| Moomba Plant | In respect of the pipeline conveying natural gas from the Moomba natural gas processing plant to Adelaide— the insulating joint situated between the meter station for the pipeline and EPIC's after cooler (as indicated in Diagram 1 below). In respect of the pipeline conveying natural gas from the Moomba natural gas processing plant to Sydney— the downstream weld of the 600mm x 750mm reducer situated, upstream of the insulation flange, between the meter station and East Australian Pipeline Ltd's mainline 750mm valve on the outlet of the meter station (as indicated in Diagram 2 below). |
| Katnook Plant | The insulating flange that is located one metre inside the boundary fence of the plant, upstream of the pipeline branch to Safries and downstream of the emergency shut down skid, as shown on drawing 107.5.1 held by the Office of Energy Policy at Adelaide. |
| Victoria | |
| Longford gas processing plant, Garretts Road, Longford, Victoria | The exit flanges contained within the Longford Metering Station at Garretts Road, Longford, Victoria which are connected to the two 600mm pipes from the prescribed gas processing plant to the Longford Metering Station and are— (a) the 600mm weld on the 750mm by 600mm reducer; and (b) the upstream flange face of the 600mm branch valve; and (c) the 600mm weld 3000mm downstream on the side arm of the 600mm equal tee, all of which are immediately upstream of the metering runs which form a part of the Longford Metering Station. |
| North Paaratte gas processing plant, Government Road, Paaratte, Victoria | The exit flange that is the upstream flange face of the first actuated slamshut valve immediately upstream of the metering runs which form a part of the Paaratte Metering Station at Government Road, Paaratte. |
| Western Australia | |
| North West Shelf Gas Project Domestic Gas | In respect of the pipeline that is the subject of pipeline licence PL40 under the Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 of Western Australia— the upstream flange of the flange joint immediately upstream of the most upstream of the monolithic insulation joints that are inside the fence of the pipeline's Dampier facilities compound. |
| Tubridgi | In respect of the pipeline that is the subject of pipeline licence PL16 under the Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 of Western Australia— the downstream flange of the plant exit shut down valve that— (a) is between the pipeline pig launcher and the pipeline meter station; and (b) is the first shut down valve downstream of the connection to the 150mm pipe from the filter separator. |
| Dongara | In respect of the pipeline that is the subject of pipeline licence PL1 under the Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 of Western Australia— the upstream flange of the flange joint at the inlet end of the isolating valve that is at the inlet to the pipeline inlet gas flow meter. |
| Beharra Springs | In respect of the pipeline that is the subject of pipeline licence PL18 under the Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 of Western Australia— the upstream flange of the insulated flange joint that— (a) is immediately upstream of the first barred tee downstream of the pig launcher; and (b) is on the through line of the tee. |
| Griffin | In respect of the pipeline that is the subject of pipeline licence PL19 under the Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 of Western Australia— the downstream flange of the flange joint that connects the 200mm Griffin Gas Header pipe with the 200mm pipe connecting with the 250mm pipe to the pipeline meter station. |
Schedule 2—Civil penalties
| Regulatory or conduct provision | Maximum civil penalty |
| section 13 of Schedule 1 of the Act | $100 000 |
| section 40 of Schedule 1 of the Act | $100 000 |
| section 2.2 of the Code | $100 000 |
| section 2.4 of the Code | $100 000 |
| section 2.9 of the Code | $ 50 000 |
| section 2.28 of the Code | $100 000 |
| section 2.30 of the Code | $ 50 000 |
| section 3.15 of the Code | $100 000 |
| section 4.1 of the Code | $100 000 |
| section 4.3 of the Code | $100 000 |
| section 4.14 of the Code | $ 50 000 |
| section 5.1 of the Code | $100 000 |
| section 5.3 of the Code | $ 50 000 |
| section 5.4 of the Code | $ 50 000 |
| section 5.5 of the Code | $ 50 000 |
| section 5.6 of the Code | $ 50 000 |
| section 5.7 of the Code | $100 000 |
| section 5.8 of the Code | $ 20 000 |
| section 5.9 of the Code | $100 000 |
| section 6.16 of the Code | $100 000 |
| section 7.1 of the Code | $100 000 |
| section 7.20 of the Code | $ 20 000 |
| section 7.21 of the Code | $ 20 000 |
Legislative history
Notes
•For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or of regulations
These regulations became obsolete on the repeal of the Gas Pipelines Access (South Australia) Act 1997 on 1.7.2008.
Principal regulations and variations
Year No Reference Commencement 1999 258 Gazette 16.12.1999 p3463 16.12.1999: r 2 2003 12 Gazette 6.2.2003 p491 6.2.2003: r 2 Provisions varied
Provision How varied Commencement r 7 r 7(3) varied by 12/2003 r 4 6.2.2003 Sch 2 varied by 12/2003 r 5 6.2.2003
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