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SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 2018 (NO. 29, 2018) - SECT 12

Meaning of critical gas asset

             (1)  An asset is a critical gas asset if it is any of the following:

                     (a)  a gas processing facility that has a capacity of at least 300 terajoules per day or any other capacity prescribed by the rules;

                     (b)  a gas storage facility that has a maximum daily quantity of at least 75 terajoules per day or any other quantity prescribed by the rules;

                     (c)  a network or system for the distribution of gas to ultimately service at least 100,000 customers or any other number of customers prescribed by the rules;

                     (d)  a gas transmission pipeline that is critical to ensuring the security and reliability of a gas market, in accordance with subsection (2).

Note:          The rules may prescribe that a specified critical gas asset is not a critical infrastructure asset (see section 9).

             (2)  For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), the rules may prescribe:

                     (a)  specified gas transmission pipelines that are critical to ensuring the security and reliability of a gas market; or

                     (b)  requirements for a gas transmission pipeline to be critical to ensuring the security and reliability of a gas market.



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