“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority appointed
under paragraph 13 (1) (b);
“clear”, in relation to vegetation,
means remove, fell, lop, prune or trim the vegetation;
“commercial
premises” means premises in which a business, trade, profession or
calling is carried on, excluding any part of the premises that is used for
residential purposes;
“consumer” means a person (other than a
person who reticulates gas) to whom gas is reticulated by an authorised
distributor;
“Controller” means the Gas Technical Controller
appointed under section 51;
“determined fee” means the fee
determined under paragraph 111 (1) (a) for the purposes of the provision in
which the expression occurs;
“gas” means—
(a) a combustible gas capable of being used to
supply lighting, heating or motive power and includes town gas, manufactured
gas, natural gas, tempered natural gas, simulated natural gas, processed
natural gas, methane gas and mine gas;
(b)
liquefied petroleum gas within the meaning of Australian Standard
1596-1989; or
(c) a substance that
is prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
“gas activity”
means a primary or secondary gas activity;
“gas reticulation
system”— (a) means a
system comprised of pipes, fittings, apparatus and equipment that is used, or
capable of being used, in connection with the manufacture, production, storage
or supply of gas and includes a part of such a system; and
(b) in relation to an authorised distributor,
means a gas reticulation system used, or to be used, by the distributor and
includes a part of the system;
“identity card” means an identity
card issued under section 57;
“inspector” means an inspector
appointed under section 56;
“land” includes land owned or occupied
by the Commonwealth or the Territory;
“Land Act” means the Land
(Planning and Environment) Act 1991 ;
“Manual” means the Gas
Manual prepared under section 70, as amended and in effect from time to time;
“member” means a member of the Authority and includes the
Chairperson;
“owner”, in relation to land, includes a person who
holds a lease of land granted by or on behalf of the Commonwealth for a term
exceeding 5 years;
“Planning Authority” means the Australian
Capital Territory Planning Authority;
“primary gas activity” means
an activity carried on in connection with the manufacture, production,
distribution or supply of gas, including the storage of gas and the drainage
of methane gas from coal seams, but does not include a secondary gas activity;
“related body corporate”, in relation to a body corporate, has the
same meaning as in the Corporations Law;
“secondary gas activity”
means— (a) the development of
technology for the efficient distribution and supply of gas;
(b) an activity approved by the Minister as a
secondary gas activity under section 109;
(c)
an activity prescribed as a secondary gas activity; or
(d) the investment of funds in connection
with a primary gas activity or an activity of a kind referred to in paragraph
(a), (b) or (c);
“tariff customer” means a consumer to whom less
than 10 terajoules of gas per annum is reticulated;
“Tribunal”
means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal;
“vegetation” includes a
tree, shrub or other natural growth. (2) For the purposes of this Act, a
pipe, fitting or apparatus shall be taken to be connected to a gas
reticulation system if it is connected to the system directly or by means of
any other pipes, fittings or apparatus that do not form part of the gas
reticulation system.
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