Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MOOMBA-SYDNEY PIPELINE SYSTEM SALE ACT 1994 No. 70, 1994 - SECT 81

81. (1) Subject to subsection (2), if the TPC does not make a determination in
relation to the arbitration of an access dispute within the allowable period,
then the TPC is to be taken to have made a determination at the end of that
period, refusing to require the Moomba operator to provide haulage
services to the person who wanted haulage services provided. The "allowable
period" is:

   (a)  60 days from the end of the 21 day period referred to in section 88
("the 60 day period"); or

   (b)  if the TPC, before the end of the 60 day period, gives to a party to
        the arbitration, a notice under section 95-the period consisting of
        the 60 day period increased by the number of days in the period
        beginning on the day on which the notice is given to the party and
        ending on the day on which the party gives to the TPC the information
        or additional documents.

(2) If the parties to an arbitration notify the TPC in writing before the end
of the period referred to in subsection (1) that the parties agree to the TPC
taking a specified longer period for making the determination in relation to
the access dispute, subsection (3) applies.

(3) The period for the purposes of subsection (1) is taken to be the period
notified under subsection (2).