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GAS SUPPLY ACT 1998 - SECT 3

Interpretation

(1)     In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

“Australian Standard” means a standard published by Standards Australia in the form of an Australian or an Australian/New Zealand Standard;
“authorisation” means an authorisation issued under Part II;
“authorised distributor” means a person holding a distribution authorisation;
“authorised supplier” means a person holding a supplier authorisation;
“authorised transporter” means a person holding a transmission authorisation;
“business day” means a day other than—

        (a)     a Saturday;

        (b)     a Sunday; or

        (c)     a day that is a public holiday in the Territory;

“Code of Practice” means a Code of Practice published by—

        (a)     The Australian Gas Association;

        (b)     the Australian Pipeline Industry Association Inc.; or

        (c)     a body prescribed for the purposes of this definition;

“commercial premises” means premises used for the purposes of any business, trade, occupation, calling or profession, other than any part of such premises used for residential purposes;
“consumer” means a person to whom gas is supplied (otherwise than in the person's capacity as the holder of an authorisation);
“consumer connecting service” means the pipework connecting a distribution pipeline, operated by an authorised distributor, to the inlet of a gas meter;
“consumer piping system” means a system of pipes, fittings, flexible hoses, components and equipment that convey gas from the outlet of a consumer meter installation to the inlet of an appliance;
“damage”, in relation to any fixture or moveable property, includes destroy;
“distribution”, in relation to natural gas, means distribution through a distribution pipeline, and “distribute” has a corresponding meaning;
“distribution authorisation” means an authorisation of the kind referred to in subsection 7 (2);
“equipment” includes items of the following kinds:

        (a)     pressure control devices;

        (b)     excess flow valves;

        (c)     control valves;

        (d)     actuators;

        (e)     electrical equipment;

        (f)     telemetry equipment;

“fee”, except in the expression “annual fee”, means a fee determined by the Minister in accordance with section 60;
“gas” means—

        (a)     natural gas; or

        (b)     any other kind or form of gas that the regulations declare to be a gas for the purposes of this Act;

“gas appliance” means an appliance as defined in Code of Practice AG 601—Gas Installation Code published by The Australian Gas Association;
“gasfitter” means a person holding a gasfitting licence under section 25 of the Plumbers, Drainers and Gasfitters Board Act 1982 ;
“gasfitting” includes—

        (a)     any work carried out on any part of a consumer piping system up to and including the appliance; and

        (b)     in relation to a consumer piping system—installation, connection to supply, interruption or discontinuance of supply, maintenance, disconnection and removal;

“gas pipeline” means a distribution pipeline or a transmission pipeline;
“gas pipeline operator” means an authorised distributor or an authorised transporter;
“Gas Technical Regulator” means the person holding an appointment under section 36, or acting under section 38, as the Gas Technical Regulator;
“hire” means letting for hire on a commercial basis, and includes advertisement, offer or exposure for hire on a commercial basis;
“infrastructure” means—

        (a)     a transmission pipeline;

        (b)     a distribution pipeline;

        (c)     a consumer connecting service;

        (d)     meters;

        (e)     consumer piping system up to, but not including, appliances; or

        (f)     any equipment (including pressure control devices, excess flow valves, control valves, actuators, electrical equipment, telemetry equipment, cathodic protection installations, compounds, pits, buildings, signs and fences) that is associated with, or ancillary to, an item of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e);

    where used, or intended for use, in relation to natural gas in a gaseous state;
“inspector” means an inspector appointed under subsection 41 (2);
“land” includes land owned or occupied by the Commonwealth or the Territory;
“Land Act” means the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 ;
“meter” means a meter of a kind prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
“occupier”, in relation to land or premises, includes a person in charge, or apparently in charge, of the land or premises;
“owner”, in relation to land, includes a person holding a lease of land granted by or on behalf of the Commonwealth for a term exceeding 5 years;
“prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations;
“sale” means sale on a commercial basis, and includes—

        (a)     barter or exchange on a commercial basis; and

        (b)     advertisement, offer or exposure for sale on a commercial basis;

“supplier authorisation” means an authorisation of the kind referred to in subsection 7 (3);
“this Act” includes the regulations;
“transmission”, in relation to gas, means transportation of high pressure natural gas in a gaseous state through a pipeline, and “transmit” has a corresponding meaning;
“transmission authorisation” means an authorisation of the kind referred to in subsection 7 (1).

(2)     In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, an expression—

        (a)     that is not defined in subsection (1); and

        (b)     that is defined in—

              (i)     the Gas Pipelines Access Act 1998 ; or

              (ii)     the Gas Pipelines Access (A.C.T.) Law ;

has the same meaning as in that Act or Law (as amended from time to time).

(3)     A reference in a provision of this Act to a Code of Practice or an Australian Standard is a reference to that Code or Standard as in force or existing at the date of commencement of the provision.

(4)     Subsection (3) does not affect the operation of subsection 61 (4).


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