Gas Services Information Act 2012 (WA)

Western Australia Gas Services Information Act 2012 Western Australia Gas Services Information Act 2012 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Terms used 2 Part 2 — Gas bulletin board and gas statement of opportunities 4. Gas bulletin board 4 5. Gas statement of opportunities 4 6. Objectives of the GBB and GSOO 4 7. Regulations for the GBB and GSOO 5 8. Rules for the GBB and GSOO 6 9. Regulations as to fees and charges for performance of functions 8 10. No reliance on duty of confidence to avoid obligation to provide information 9 11. Delegation of functions 9 12. Review by the Board 9 13. Protection of information 10 14. Immunity from liability 11 15. Regulations 11 Part 3 — Consequential amendments 16. Energy Arbitration and Review Act 1998 amended 13 Notes Compilation table 14 Defined terms Western Australia Gas Services Information Act 2012 An Act to provide for the establishment and operation of a gas bulletin board and the preparation and publication of a gas statement of opportunities, and for related purposes. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Short title This is the Gas Services Information Act 2012.

2. Commencement This Act comes into operation as follows — (a) sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; (b) the rest of the Act — on a day fixed by proclamation, and different days may be fixed for different provisions.

3. Terms used (1) In this Act — Board has the meaning given in the Energy Arbitration and Review Act 1998 section 49; civil monetary liability means a liability to pay damages or compensation or any other amount ordered in a civil proceeding, but does not include a liability to pay a civil penalty under this Act; gas market participant means — (a) a service provider; (b) a user; (c) a producer; (d) a storage provider; (e) a person prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition; GBB means the gas bulletin board; GSOO means the gas statement of opportunities; operator means the person on whom functions are conferred under section 7(2)(a); protected information means information given to the operator under an obligation under this Act or another Act — (a) that is specified to be confidential by the person who gave it (unless it is not reasonable in the circumstances to so specify the information); or (b) that by its nature is confidential; or (c) that is classified as confidential under the regulations or the rules; rules means the rules made under section 8; user means a person who — (a) is a party to a contract with a service provider under which the service provider provides or intends to provide a pipeline service to that person by means of a pipeline; or (b) has a right under an access determination to be provided with a pipeline service by means of a pipeline; or (c) is an end user of a class prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph. (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a term has the same meaning in this Act as it has in the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law except that, for the purposes of this Act, the definition of pipeline is to be read as — (a) not including a pipeline that is a part of a distribution system (as defined in the Energy Coordination Act 1994 section 3(1)); and (b) including a meter station or gate station, through which gas may flow into a distribution system (as so defined).