Natural Gas Pipelines Access Regulations 1995 (SA)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

NATURAL GAS PIPELINES ACCESS REGULATIONS 1995

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS

1.           Citation

2.           Commencement

3.           Interpretation

4.           Pipelines to which Act applies: s. 4 definition of "pipeline"

5.           Information brochures: s. 11(1)(d)

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINES ACCESS ACT 1995

Natural Gas Pipelines Access Regulations 1995

being

No. 129 of 1995: Gaz. 29 June 1995, p. 30751

1 Came into operation (except reg. 5) 1 July 1995: reg. 2(1); reg. 5 came into operation 1 August 1995: reg. 2(2).

Citation 1. These regulations may be cited as the Natural Gas Pipelines Access Regulations 1995.

Commencement

2. (1) Subject to subregulation (2), these regulations will come into operation on 1 July

1995.

(2) Regulation 5 will come into operation on 1 August 1995.1

1.

Regulation 5 is made for the purposes of section 11 of the Act which will come into operation on

1 August 1995.

Interpretation

3. In these regulations—

"Act" means the Natural Gas Pipelines Access Act 1995.

Pipelines to which Act applies: s. 4 definition of "pipeline"

4. Each of the following natural gas pipelines is a pipeline to which the Act applies:

(a)	the Moomba-Adelaide pipeline (including all branches and laterals) licensed under the Petroleum Act 1940 (Pipeline Licence No. 1);
(b)	theKatnookpipeline(includingallbranchesandlaterals)licensedunderthe Petroleum Act 1940 (Pipeline Licences Nos. 3 and 4);
(c)	the Angaston-Berri natural gas pipeline (including all branches and laterals) licensed under the Petroleum Act 1940 (Pipeline Licence No. 6).

Information brochures: s. 11(1)(d)

5. An information brochure prepared and kept up-to-date by an operator under section 11 of

the Act must contain—1

(a)

a description of the operator and the business carried on by the operator; and

(b)

a description of the facilities and services that the operator offers to provide in relation to, or ancillary to, the operation of a pipeline; and

(c)

a specification of the key quality requirements of natural gas that the operator is willing to transport or a statement that such a specification is available on request; and

(d)

a statement of the operator’s policy in relation to—

(i)	the development of competition in the natural gas industry (including an outline of its obligations under section 9 (Unfair discrimination) and section 10 (Preventing or hindering pipeline access) of the Act); and
(ii)	the nature and extent of information that the operator will provide to potential pipeline users (including an outline of its obligations under section 12 (Operator’s obligation to provide information about access) and section 13 (Information to be provided on non-discriminatory basis) of the Act); and
(iii)	the provision of information and assistance by the operator to the regulator (including an outline of its obligations under section 45 (Copies of access contracts to be supplied to regulator) and section 46 (Operator’s duty to supply information and documents) of the Act); and

(e)

a statement of the principles governing each of the following:

(i)	how the capital and operating costs of the operator are represented in the tariffs charged; and
(ii)	how tariffs vary according to the time at which natural gas is supplied; and
(iii)	how tariffs vary according to the terms of an interruptible contract under which the haulage service is liable to be interrupted or curtailed or the rights of access displaced; and
(iv)	how tariffs are fixed in relation to backhauling natural gas through a pipeline or other notional hauling of gas; and

(f)

an outline of the procedures for negotiating access to a pipeline under Part 4 of the Act and for arbitration of access disputes under Part 5 of the Act; and

(g)

a description of the billing and payment procedures used or required by the operator in relation to pipeline users; and

(h)

a statement that the information brochure will be revised from time to time.

1.

The information is in addition to that required to be contained in the brochure by section 11(1)(a)-(c)