This legislation has been repealed.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART I--PRELIMINARY 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Interpretation PART II--AUTHORISATIONS 4. Kinds of authorisation 5. Applications 6. Issue etc. of authorisations 7. Authorised activities 8. Variation of terms or conditions 9. Surrender 10. Revocation 11. Annual report 12. Duty to keep and produce records 13. Time limit for making certain decisions 14. Authorisation generally to extend to employees and agents 15. Offences PART III--SUPPLY 16. Gas supply to be metered 17. Requests to connect premises—authorised distributors 18. Supply of gas to premises—authorised suppliers 19. Delivery of gas to premises—authorised distributors PART IV--INFRASTRUCTURE 20. Infrastructure to be kept in good condition and repair 21. Investigation of leakages from infrastructure 22. Notification of death, injury or damage caused by leakage, fire or explosion 23. Work carried out in relation to infrastructure 24. Information to be available 25. Powers of gas pipeline operators 26. Protection of underground utility services 27. Notification of changes to public streets etc. 28. Costs of removing infrastructure from public street etc. in certain cases 29. Removal of gas pipeline operator's property and waste 30. Compensation for damage 31. Unauthorised connection to gas pipeline or consumer connecting service 32. Wilful excavation near gas pipeline 33. Wilful interference with or damage to gas pipelines etc. 34. Sections 32 and 33—defences 35. Sections 31, 32 and 33—making good any damage etc. PART V--GAS TECHNICAL REGULATOR AND INSPECTORS Division 1--—General 36. Appointment of Gas Technical Regulator 37. Functions of Gas Technical Regulator 38. Acting Gas Technical Regulator 39. General powers 40. Delegation 41. Appointment of inspectors 42. Identity cards 43. Obstruction of Gas Technical Regulator, inspectors etc. 44. Documents to be provided to Gas Technical Regulator 45. Powers of inspectors 46. Provision of assistance to inspectors 47. Gas Technical Regulator and inspectors may obtain information Division 2--—Premises 48. Interpretation 49. Entry and inspection 50. Consent to entry and inspection 51. Search warrants 52. Seizure of material objects found in search under warrant PART VI--MISCELLANEOUS 53. Development activities—Part VI of the Land Act 54. Privilege on ground of incrimination and admissibility in evidence of certain matters—restrictions to apply 55. Injunctions 56. Application of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Commission Act 1997 57. Certain official documents—proof etc. 58. Appointments 59. Review of decisions 60. Determined fees 61. Regulations 62. Exclusion of double compensation or damages 63. Conduct of directors, servants and agents 64. Amendment of the Dangerous Goods Regulation 65. Repeal of the Gas Levy Act 1991 and the Gas Act 1992 66. Transitional