Gas Supply Act 1996 Gas Supply Amendment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1997 (1997-433) [GG No 95 of 29.8.1997, p 6789] (NSW)

1997 No 433

New South Wales

Gas Supply Amendment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1997

under the

Gas Supply Act 1996

His Excellency the Lieutenant-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 repeal certain provisions of the Gas Supply Regulation 1991 consequent on the making of other regulations under the Gas Supply Act 1996.

The Gas Supply Regulation 1991, following its amendment, will contain transitional and machinery provisions only. It is to be renamed the Gas

Supply (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1991.

This Regulation is made under the Gas Supply Act 1996, including section

83 (the general regulation-making power).

This Regulation is made in connection with the staged repeal of subordinate legislation under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.

Published in Gazette No 95 of 29 August 1997, page 6789 Page 1

1997 No 433

Clause 1 Gas Supply Amendment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1997

Gas Supply Amendment (Savings and

Transitional) Regulation 1997

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Gas Supply Amendment (Savings and

Transitional) Regulation 1997.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 31 August 1997.

3     Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 1991

The Gas Supply Regulation 1991 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1 .

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Gas Supply Amendment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1997

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]        Clause 1 Citation

Insert “(Savings and Transitional)” after “Gas Supply”.

[2]       Clauses 3, 4, 5 and 6

Omit the clauses.

[3]        Parts 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8

Omit the Parts.

[4]        Part 10

Insert after Part 9:

Part 10 Transitional provisions consequent on the
making of the Gas Supply Amendment
(Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1997

55 Transitional provision

Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of a provision of this Regulation by the Gas Supply Amendment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 1997, had effect under the repealed provision continues to have effect under the corresponding provision of the Gas Supply (Gas Meters) Regulation 1997, Gas Supply (General) Regulation 1997 or Gas Supply (Safety and Operating Plans) Regulation 1997, as the case requires.

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Schedule 1 Amendments

56 Continuation of certain provisions until implementation

of operational plan

(1)

Any provision of clause 7, 11–17, 18 or 19 or Schedule 1 that applied to a network operator immediately before 31 August 1997:

(a)	continues to apply to the network operator until an audit certificate in respect of its distribution system is submitted to the Director-General under clause 5 of the Gas Supply (Safety and Operating Plans) Regulation 1997, and
(b)	so applies as if any reference in that provision to a reticulation system or gas distributor were instead a reference to a distribution system or network operator.

(2)

A network operator must not supply gas to a gas user otherwise than in accordance with the standards prescribed by any provisions taken to apply to it under subclause (1).

Maximum penalty (subclause (2)): 100 penalty units (in the case of a corporation) and 25 penalty units (in any other case).

1. Schedule 1

   Omit the Schedule.