- Act 92 of 2000 - Royal Assent 20 December 2000 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART 1 - Preliminary 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Interpretation 4. Objects 5. Crown bound 6. Act does not derogate from certain Acts PART 2 - Administration Division 1 - Director of Gas 7. Director of Gas 8. Functions of Director of Gas Division 2 - Director of Gas Safety 9. Director of Gas Safety 10. Functions of Director of Gas Safety Division 3 - Provisions applicable to Director of Gas and Director of Gas Safety 11. Delegation 12. Director's power to require information 13. Obligation to preserve confidentiality 14. Executive committees 15. Advisory committees 16. Annual report Division 4 - Pricing Regulator 17. Pricing Regulator 18. Pricing Regulator to fix maximum retail margins or maximum distribution charges 19. Pricing Regulator's power to require information 20. Pricing Regulator to preserve confidentiality PART 3 - Gas supply industry Division 1 - Licensing of gas entities 21. Requirement for licence 22. Exemption 23. Application for licence 24. Consideration of application for issue of licence 25. Authority conferred by licence 26. Licence term and renewal 27. Licence fees and returns 28. Information to be included in licence 29. Licence conditions 30. Licences conferring exclusive franchise 31. Obligation to supply within exclusive franchise area 32. Offence to contravene licence conditions 33. Notice of licence decisions 34. Variation of licence 35. Transfer of licence 36. Surrender of licence 37. Register of licences Division 2 - Standard terms and conditions 38. Standard terms and conditions for retailing gas Division 3 - Metering 39. Metering of supply 40. Distributor responsible for metering Division 4 - Failure to supply or convey gas 41. Gas retailer not liable for failure to supply gas 42. Gas entity not liable for failure to convey gas Division 5 - Protection of property in gas infrastructure 43. Gas infrastructure does not merge with land 44. Seizure and dismantling of gas infrastructure Division 6 - Temporary gas rationing 45. Temporary gas rationing Division 7 - Suspension or cancellation of licences 46. Suspension or cancellation of licences Division 8 - Power of Director of Gas to take over operations 47. Power to take over operations 48. Appointment of operator Division 9 - Disputes 49. Disputes PART 4 - Safe operation of regulated activities Division 1 - General requirements for safe operation 50. General requirements for safe operation 51. Gas quality 52. Offence to supply or sell gas for unsafe gas installation 53. Mandatory reporting of gas incidents Division 2 - Safety and operating plan for facilities 54. Safety and operating plan 55. Auditing of safety and operating plan for facility 56. Additional information 57. Acceptance of safety and operating plan 58. Provisional acceptance of safety and operating plan 59. Non-acceptance of safety and operating plan 60. Director of Gas Safety may determine safety and operating plan 61. Compliance with safety and operating plan 62. Revision of safety and operating plan 63. Director of Gas Safety may require submission of revised safety and operating plan 64. Offence to fail to submit revised safety and operating plan when required 65. Application of provision to revised safety and operating plan Division 3 - Gas infrastructure, gas installations and gas fitting work 66. Certain gas fitting work 67. Power to require rectification, &c., in respect of gas infrastructure or gas installations Division 4 - Gas appliances 68. Gas appliances to which this Division applies 69. Relevant standard 70. Approval of gas appliances 71. Labelling of gas appliances 72. Application for approval of gas appliances 73. Approval of appliances by Director of Gas Safety 74. Term of approval 75. Offence to install Type A appliances unless approved 76. Offence to use Type B appliances Division 5 - Safety case for gas installations 77. Acceptance of safety case for gas installation 78. Sale of gas appliances 79. Prohibition of sale or use of unsafe gas appliances PART 5 - Gas entities' powers and duties Division 1 - Gas officers 80. Appointment of gas officers 81. Conditions of appointment 82. Gas officer's identity card 83. Production of identity card Division 2 - Powers and duties relating to gas infrastructure 84. Power to carry out work on public land 85. Power to enter land for purposes related to gas infrastructure 86. Planning approval for gas infrastructure Division 3 - Powers relating to gas installations 87. Entry to inspect, &c., gas installations 88. Entry to read meters, &c. 89. Entry to disconnect supply 90. Disconnection of supply if entry refused Division 4 - Powers and duties in emergencies 91. Gas entity may cut off gas supply to avert danger 92. Emergency legislation not affected PART 6 - Enforcement Division 1 - Appointment of authorised officers 93. Appointment of authorised officers 94. Conditions of appointment 95. Authorised officer's identity card 96. Production of identity card 97. Return of identity card Division 2 - Authorised officer's powers 98. Power of entry 99. General investigative powers of authorised officers 100. Disconnection of gas supply 101. Power to make gas infrastructure or gas installation safe 102. Power to require information PART 7 - Administrative review and appeal Division 1 - Administrative review 103. Interested person 104. Statement of reasons for decision 105. Application for administrative review 106. Stay of operation 107. Reference of application for mediation 108. Administrative review by Director 109. Reference of application for review for mediation or advice 110. Requirement under section 19 not reviewable Division 2 - Appeals 111. Interested person may appeal 112. Procedure on appeal 113. Stay of operation 114. Powers of Minister on appeal 115. Reference to Tribunal 116. Constitution of Tribunal PART 8 - Miscellaneous 117. Power of exemption 118. Obligation to comply with conditions of exemption 119. Application and issue of warrant 120. Urgent situations 121. Extension of time limits 122. Confidentiality 123. Unlawful interference with distribution system or gas installation 124. Unlawful abstraction or diversion of gas 125. Notice of work that may affect gas infrastructure 126. Impersonation of officials, &c. 127. Obstruction 128. False or misleading information 129. Statutory declarations 130. General defence 131. Offences by bodies corporate 132. Continuing offence 133. Recovery of profits from contravention 134. Immunity from personal liability for Director, authorised officer, &c. 135. Evidence 136. Service of notices, &c. 137. Regulations 138. Administration PART 9 - Miscellaneous amendments 139. Launceston Gas Company Act 1982 amended 140. Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 amended PART 10 - Miscellaneous repeals 141. Hobart Gas Company Act 1977 repealed 142. Hobart Town Gas Company's Act 1854 repealed 143. Hobart Town Gas Company's Act 1857 repealed 144. Launceston Gas Company Loan Guarantee and Subsidy Act 1976 repealed[ Note: This table has been automatically generated and may be incomplete. ]