Gas Variation Regulations 2005 (SA)

South Australia

Gas Variation Regulations 2005

under the Gas Act 1997

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

Short title
Commencement
Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Gas Regulations 1997

Variation of regulation 4—Interpretation
Insertion of regulation 8AC
8ACPrescribed information in small customer accounts for purposes of section 26A(2)(da) of Act
Variation of regulation 10—General requirements for gas infrastructure

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Gas Variation Regulations 2005.
2—Commencement

These regulations, other than regulation 5, come into operation on the day on which they are made.
Regulation 5 will come into operation on 1 February 2006.

3—Variation provisions
In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Gas Regulations 1997
4—Variation of regulation 4—Interpretation

Regulation 4, definition of AS 1596—delete the definition and substitute:
AS/NZS 1596 means AS/NZS 1596—The storage and handling of LP gas published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS/NZS 1596);
AS 1697 means AS 1697—Installation and maintenance of steel pipe systems for gas published by Standards Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS 1697);
Regulation 4, definition of AS 2885—delete the definition and substitute:
AS 2885 means AS 2885—Pipelines—Gas and liquid petroleum published in part jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand and in other parts by Standards Australia alone, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS 2885);
Regulation 4, definition of AS 3723—delete "the Standards Association of Australia" and substitute:
Standards Australia
Regulation 4, definition of AS 4551—delete the definition and substitute:
AS 4551 means AS 4551/AG 101—Domestic gas cooking appliances published by The Australian Gas Association, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS 4551);
Regulation 4, definition of AS 5601—delete the definition and substitute:
AS 4645 means AS 4645—Gas distribution network management published by Standards Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS 4645);
AS 5601 means AS 5601—Gas Installations published by Standards Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS 5601);

5—Insertion of regulation 8AC
After regulation 8AB insert:
8AC—Prescribed information in small customer accounts for purposes of section 26A(2)(da) of Act
For the purposes of section 26A(2)(da) of the Act, the following provisions apply:
(a)the gas entity must include in each account for charges sent to a small customer for gas supply through a particular metered delivery point the following information:
(i)the customer's average daily consumption level, expressed in megajoules, of gas supplied through the delivery point for the period to which the account relates;
(ii)the customer's average daily consumption level, expressed in megajoules, of gas supplied through the delivery point for each period during the preceding 12 months in respect of which the customer was sent by the entity an account for gas supply through the delivery point;
(iii)the average daily cost to the customer of gas supplied to the customer through the delivery point during the period to which the account relates;
(iv)the amount of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the customer's consumption of gas supplied through the delivery point for the period to which the account relates;
(v)the amount of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the customer's consumption of gas supplied through the delivery point for each period during the preceding 12 months in respect of which the customer was sent by the entity an account for gas supply through the delivery point;

(b)the information referred to in paragraphs (a)(ii) and (a)(v) must be presented in graphical form;
(c)the amounts of the greenhouse gas emissions referred to in paragraphs (a)(iv) and (a)(v) must be calculated, in a manner approved by the Commission, by reference to material about emissions coefficients published by the Australian Greenhouse Office of the Department of the Environment and Heritage of the Australian Government;
(d)the information referred to in paragraph (a) must be accompanied by explanatory material of a kind approved by the Commission;
(e)the information and explanatory material referred to in paragraphs (a) and (d) must be presented in a print size and format approved by the Commission;
(f)the gas entity must also include in each account for gas charges sent to a small customer the following statement:
For more information about energy efficiency and to compare energy retail prices, visit or call ........................ [telephone number as specified by the Commission by written notice to the entity];
(g)the statement referred to in paragraph (f) must be presented in the first page of each account in 9 point bold font.

6—Variation of regulation 10—General requirements for gas infrastructure

Regulation 10—delete "AG 603" and substitute:
AS 4645
Regulation 10—after "AS 2885" insert:
, AS 1697

Note—
As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 8 December 2005

No 262 of 2005

MEN05/009CS