National Gas (Victoria) (Declared System Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2024 (Vic)

National Gas (Victoria) (Declared System Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2024

S.R. No. 137/2024

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Principal Regulations

4Regulation 4 substituted and new regulations 4A and 4B inserted

5Schedule 1 substituted

6Schedule 2 amended

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2024

S.R. No. 137/2024

National Gas (Victoria) Act 2008

National Gas (Victoria) (Declared System Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2024

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 17 December 2024

Responsible Minister:

LILY D'AMBROSIO
Minister for Energy and Resources

SAMUAL WALLACE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the National Gas (Victoria) (Declared System Provisions) Regulations 2024 to prescribe, for the purposes of the National Gas (Victoria) Law—

(a)certain provisions of the National Gas Rules to be—

(i)a civil penalty provision; or

(ii)a conduct provision; and

(b)a civil penalty for a breach of a provision of the National Gas Rules that is a declared system provision and prescribed to be a civil penalty provision.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 16A of the National Gas (Victoria) Act 2008.

3Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the National Gas (Victoria) (Declared System Provisions) Regulations 2024[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

4Regulation 4 substituted and new regulations 4A and 4B inserted

For regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations substitute—

"4   Class A civil penalty provisions and civil penalties

A provision of the National Gas Rules that is a declared system provision and specified in Column 2 of an item in Table 1 of Schedule 1 is prescribed to be a civil penalty provision and the civil penalty prescribed for the purposes of that provision is the amount specified in section 3A(1)(a)(i) or (ii) of the National Gas (Victoria) Law, as indexed in accordance with clause 47A of Schedule 2 to that Law.

4AClass B civil penalty provisions and civil penalties

A provision of the National Gas Rules that is a declared system provision and specified in Column 2 of an item in Table 2 of Schedule 1 is prescribed to be a civil penalty provision and the civil penalty prescribed for the purposes of that provision is the amount specified in section 3A(1)(b)(i) or (ii) of the National Gas (Victoria) Law, as indexed in accordance with clause 47A of Schedule 2 to that Law.

4BClass C civil penalty provisions and civil penalties

A provision of the National Gas Rules that is a declared system provision and specified in Column 2 of an item in Table 3 of Schedule 1 is prescribed to be a civil penalty provision and the civil penalty prescribed for the purposes of that provision is the amount specified in section 3A(1)(c)(i) or (ii) of the National Gas (Victoria) Law, as indexed in accordance with clause 47A of Schedule 2 to that Law.".

5Schedule 1 substituted

For Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations substitute—

"Schedule 1—Civil penalty provisions

Table 1—Class A civil penalty provisions

Column 1

Item

Column 2

Declared system provision

1

rule 326A(2)

Table 2—Class B civil penalty provisions

Column 1

Item

Column 2

Declared system provision

1

rule 289E(7)

Table 3—Class C civil penalty provisions

Column 1

Item

Column 2

Declared system provision

1

rule 260(5)

2

rule 289E(1)

3

rule 289E(3)

4

rule 289E(4)

5

rule 290A(3)

6

rule 293(5)

7

rule 293(6)

8

rule 293(7)

9

rule 317B(3)

10

rule 317B(7)

".

6Schedule 2 amended

(1)After item 33 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations insert—

"33A rule 286B(5)".

(2)After item 35 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations insert—

"35A	rule 289A(1)
35B	rule 289A(2)
35C	rule 289E(5)
35D	rule 289E(7)
35E	rule 289F(1)
35F	rule 289F(2)
35G	rule 289F(4)".

(3)After item 38 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations insert—

"38A	rule 293(2)
38B	rule 293(3)
38C	rule 293(8)".

(4)After item 46 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations insert—

"46A rule 303(2A)".

(5)After item 63 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations insert—

"63A	rule 317A(4)
63B	rule 317B(3)
63C	rule 317B(7)".

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ENDNOTES

[1] Reg. 3: S.R. No. 25/2024.