Gas Supply Act 1996 Gas Amendment (Definition of Tariff Customer) Regulation 1996 (1996-314) [GG No 84 of 12.7.1996] (NSW)

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1996 No 314

New South Wales

Gas Amendment (Definition of Tariff
Customer) Regulation 1996
under the
Gas Supply Act 1996
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Gas Supply Act 1996.
MICHAEL EGAN, M.L.C.,
Minister for Energy
Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Gas Regulation 1991:

(a) to declare persons whose consumption of natural gas is less than 10 terajoules per year to be tariff customers for the purposes of the Gas Supply Act 1996, and
(b) to make other amendments consequential on the enactment of the Gas
Supply Act 1996.

83 (the general regulation making power), clause 1 of Schedule 2 (the power to make regulations of a savings or transitional nature) and the definition of tariff customer in the Dictionary to that Act.
One of the amendments renames the Gas Regulation 1991 as the Gas Supply
Regulation 1991.

Published in Gazette No 84 of 12 July 1996, page 4002 Page 1

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Clause 1

Gas Amendment (Definition of Tariff Customer) Regulation 1996

Gas Amendment (Definition of Tariff Customer)

Regulation 1996

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Gas Amendment (Definition of Tariff
Customer) Regulation 1996.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 12 July 1996.

3 Amendment of Gas Regulation 1991

The Gas Regulation 1991 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4 Explanatory note

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Gas Amendment (Definition of Tariff Customer) Regulation 1996

Amendments Schedule 1

Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 3)

[ 1 ]      Clause 1
Insert “Supply” after “Gas”.
[2]        Clause 3 Definitions
Omit the definitions of authorised gas distributor, gas installation and gasfltting work.
[3]        Clause 3 (1), definition of “Gas Controller”
Omit “Office”. Insert instead “Department”.
[4]        Clause 3 (2)
Insert “and” after “pressure;” in clause 3 (2) (b).
[5]        Clause 4
Insert after clause 3:
4 Definition of tariff customer
Any person who is supplied with natural gas, at a rate of 10 terajoules per year or less, by means of an authorised reticulator’s distribution system is declared to be a tariff customer for the purposes of the definition of tariff customer in the Dictionary to the Act.

[6] Clauses 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 44, 45, 46
Omit “gas distributor” and “gas distributor’s” wherever occurring. Insert instead “network operator” and “network operator’s”, respectively.

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Schedule 1

Amendments

[7]        Clauses 7, 9, 18, 30

Omit “reticulation system” wherever occurring.
Insert instead “distribution system”.
[8]       Part 3 heading
Omit “RETICULATION”. Insert instead “DISTRIBUTION”.
[9]         Clauses 10A Certificates of compliance

Omit “area of operations” wherever occurring.
Insert instead “distribution district”.
[10]      Clause 10A (1)

Omit “an authorised gas distributor”.
Insert instead “a network operator”.
[11]      Clause 10A (4), (5)

Omit “authorised gas distributor” wherever occurring.
Insert instead “network operator”.

[12]

Clauses

14, 15, 16, 27, 28, 29, 31,32, 33, 38, 43, 44, 46

Omit “gas user” and “gas user’s” wherever occurring.
Insert instead “customer” and “customer’s” respectively.

[13] Clauses 36, 38, 39

distributor” wherever occurring.

Omit “a gas distributor”, “A gas distributor” and “the gas authorised supplier or licensed distributor’’ and “the authorised supplier or licensed distributor”, respectively.

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Gas Amendment (Definition of Tariff Customer) Regulation 1996

Amendments Schedule 1
[14]       Clause 38 Information to be included in gas accounts

Omit “NSW Office” from clause 38 (2) (c).
Insert instead “Department”.
[15]      Clause 39 Payment not to be demanded until account rendered

Omit “Office” from clause 39 (6).
Insert instead “Department”.
[16]     Part 7
Omit the Part.
[17]      Clause 52
Insert after clause 51:

Part 9 Transitional provisions consequent on the
enactment of the Gas Supply Act 1996
52 Variation of conditions of authorisations arising under
clause 3 of Schedule 2 to the Act

(1) This clause applies to an authorisation arising under
clause 3 of Schedule 2 to the Act.
(2) Section 12 of the Act applies to the variation of the conditions of an authorisation to which this clause applies (including any condition that relates to the price that may be charged for the supply of gas) in the same way as it applies to the variation of the conditions of an authorisation granted under section 9 of the Act.
(3) This clause is subject to clause 3 (3) of Schedule 2 to the
Act.

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(a)	to declare persons whose consumption of natural gas is less than 10 terajoules per year to be tariff customers for the purposes of the Gas Supply Act 1996, and
(b)	to make other amendments consequential on the enactment of the Gas

(1)	This clause applies to an authorisation arising under clause 3 of Schedule 2 to the Act.
(2)	Section 12 of the Act applies to the variation of the conditions of an authorisation to which this clause applies (including any condition that relates to the price that may be charged for the supply of gas) in the same way as it applies to the variation of the conditions of an authorisation granted under section 9 of the Act.
(3)	This clause is subject to clause 3 (3) of Schedule 2 to the Act.