National Gas (NSW)

National Gas (NSW) Law No 31a of 2008

Editorial note— The National Gas Law is applied and modified as a law of NSW by the NSW National Gas (New South Wales) Act 2008. This version is the Law as it currently applies in NSW.

Chapter 1 Preliminary

Part 1 Citation and interpretation

1 Citation This law may be cited as the National Gas (NSW) Law.

2 Definitions (1) In this Law— ACCC means the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission established by section 6A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the Commonwealth; access arrangement means an arrangement setting out terms and conditions about access to pipeline services provided or to be provided by means of a scheme pipeline; access determination means a determination of the relevant adjudicator for an access dispute under Chapter 5 Part 5 and includes a determination varied under Part 6 of that Chapter; access dispute means a dispute between a user or prospective user and a service provider about 1 or more aspects of access to a pipeline service provided by means of a pipeline and includes a matter that is deemed to be an access dispute under the Rules; adoptive jurisdiction means a participating jurisdiction for which AEMO is authorised to exercise its declared system functions or STTM functions; AEMC means the Australian Energy Market Commission established by section 5 of the Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Act 2004 of South Australia; AEMO amendments means— (a) the amendments to this Law made by the National Gas (South Australia) (National Gas Law—Australian Energy Market Operator) Amendment Act 2009; and (b) the amendments to the Rules made by the National Gas (South Australia) (National Gas Rules—Australian Energy Market Operator) Amendment Rules 2009; and (c) the Procedures first made under this Law after the enactment of the amendments referred to in paragraph (a); AER means the Australian Energy Regulator established by section 44AE of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the Commonwealth; AER Compliance Procedures and Guidelines has the meaning given by section 64F; AER economic regulatory decision means a decision (however described) of the AER under this Law or the Rules performing or exercising an AER economic regulatory function or power; AER economic regulatory function or power means a function or power performed or exercised by the AER under this Law or the Rules (other than making a rate of return instrument) that relates to the economic regulation of pipeline services provided by a service provider— (a) by means of; or (b) in connection with, a pipeline and includes a function or power performed or exercised by the AER under this Law or the Rules (other than making a rate of return instrument) that relates to— (c) the preparation of a service provider performance report; (d) a ring fencing decision; (e) an applicable access arrangement decision; (f) an access determination (if the AER is the dispute resolution body);