This legislation has been repealed.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS PART 1 -- Preliminary 1. Citation 2. Commencement 3. Application of these regulations 4. Definitions 5. Application of Interpretation Act to grants of access 6. References to clauses in Schedule 1 7. 24 hour clock 8. SI units 9. References to duration of grant of access 10. References to gas distribution capacity, point capacity or contracted peak rate 11. References to delivery of gas to the trading business 12. Commercial viability PART 2 -- Market sensitive information, non-discrimination and accountability Division 2.1 -- Prevention of communication or use of market sensitive information 13. Market sensitive information Division 2.2 -- Discrimination 14. Minister to be notified of any finding of discrimination Division 2.3 -- Miscellaneous accountability matters 15. Description of the gas distribution system 16. Corporation’s response to enquiries 18. No prohibition on bypass 19. Financial records PART 3 -- Application for, and grant of, access Division 3.1 -- General 20. Reasonable and prudent person 21. Application process is at applicant’s expense 22. Corporation may establish administrative procedures Division 3.2 -- The application 23. Lead times for applications 24. User may increase duration or obtain additional contracted peak rate only by new application 25. Contracted peak rate may vary over time 26. Application for access 27. Applicant to assist in any consequential environmental, safety and other matters Division 3.3 -- Processing the application 28. Corporation must process application expeditiously 29. First come first served 30. Obligation to make grant of access 31. Conditions precedent for grant of access 32. Application may be linked to application for transmission capacity 33. Assessment of compliance with conditions precedent Division 3.4 -- Non-compliance, amendment, withdrawal and rejection of application 34. If application does not comply with a condition precedent 35. Applicant may elect to negotiate amendment after notice of non-compliance 36. Application deemed rejected after 30 days if no election to negotiate 37. Linked application deemed rejected if transmission application is rejected 38. Application deemed rejected after 120 days if grant of access not made 39. Amendment of application 40. Priority of amended applications 41. Withdrawal of application Division 3.5 -- Making the grant of access 42. The grant of access 43. Conditional grant of access PART 4 -- The grant of access Division 4.1 -- General 44. Access to gas distribution capacity must be under a grant of access 45. Form of grant of access 46. Contracting out of non- essential terms 47. Essential terms 48. Regulations to prevail 49. Duration of grant of access 50. Option to renew grant of access 51. Amendment of grant of access Division 4.2 -- Title to gas 52. Corporation has title to all gas in gas transmission system and gas distribution system 53. No actions against corporation in respect of gas in gas distribution system 54. Only user may take delivery, title and possession of gas from the corporation 55. User’s entitlement to receive gas is contractual Division 4.3 -- Designated shippers 56. Designated shippers Division 4.4 -- Miscellaneous matters 57. Grants of access to be publicly available 58. Insurances 59. The user is responsible for its and its contractors’ personnel and property 60. Corporation’s liability to third persons 61. No assignment except as provided for in these regulations 62. Assignment by corporation 63. Assignment by user and compulsory assignment at request of user’s threshold gas customer 65. Annual review of utilization 66. Saving of corporation’s powers 67. Curtailments of gas deliveries to be allocated to defaulting users where practicable 68. Advance information PART 5 -- Prices 69. Corporation to determine prices 70. Redetermined prices apply to existing users 71. Network prices 72. Service price 73. Opportunity cost pricing 74. Commercial viability arrangements 75. Prices to be take-or-pay 76. Redetermination of prices 77. Investment in the high pressure system 78. Costs of transmission information system recoverable 79. Prices at multi-user outlet point PART 6 -- Technical and operational matters Division 6.1 -- Outlet meter sets and distribution metering equipment 80. Installation, operation and maintenance of outlet meter sets 81. Installation, operation and maintenance of distribution metering equipment 82. Distribution metering equipment 83. Use of gas quality data from other locations 84. Metering uncertainty 85. Provision of information to users 86. Accuracy verification, correction of inaccurate measurements, etc. 87. Determining trading business’ hourly sub-network outlet quantity 88. Identification of closest physical gate point 89. Standards generally Division 6.2 -- Other technical and operational matters 90. Corporation to operate and maintain system as reasonable and prudent person 91. Multi-user allocation agreements 92. Applicant must have multi-user allocation agreement or submit to the corporation’s allocations 93. Corporation’s allocations may effect curtailment 94. Gas losses and gas consumed by the corporation 95. Emergencies PART 7 -- Other access 96. Access from systems other than the gas transmission system and access to medium and low-pressure networks PART 8 -- Miscellaneous 97. Notices 98. Receipt of notices 99. No common carriage 100. Corporation not a supplier of gas 101. No disclosure of user information 102. Prescribed fees PART 9 -- Transitional provisions to do with commencement of these regulations 103. Pre-scheme distribution metering equipment deemed to comply 104. Trading business’ initial grant 105. Trading business and new threshold gas customers PART 10 -- Transitional provisions to do with termination of these regulations 106. This Part to prevail 107. No further price redetermination required 108. Duration of grants of access 109. Time by which grants of access end 110. Contracts already existing SCHEDULE 1 -- The Grant of Access Appendix 1 -- Pricing Appendix 2 -- Option[s] to extend grant of access Appendix 3 -- Contracted distribution outlet points and contracted peak rates Appendix 4 -- User specific facilities Appendix 5 -- Outlet pressures SCHEDULE 2 -- Prescribed Fees Compilation table