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GAS SUPPLY ACT 1996 -

DICTIONARY

(Section 4)


"authorisation" means a reticulator's authorisation.

"authorised reticulator" means a person who holds a reticulator's authorisation.

"autogas installation" means a system of pipes and associated equipment that forms part of a vehicle, vessel or machine and that is designed to convey liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas to an internal combustion engine that is installed in, or forms part of, the vehicle, vessel or machine.

"autogas work" means work involved in--

(a) the installation, alteration, extension or repair of an autogas installation, or
(b) the connection of a gas cylinder to, or the disconnection of a gas cylinder from, an autogas installation.

"basic metering equipment" means a gas meter and any equipment prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition when used in conjunction with gas meters.

"consumer service" means any pipe or system of pipes used to convey or control gas, and any associated fittings and equipment, that are connected to a gas network upstream of the gas supply point, but does not include any part of a gas network.

"council" means the council of a local government area.

"cyber security incident" means acts, events or circumstances involving, or likely to involve, 1 or more of the following--
(a) unauthorised access to computer data or a computer program,
(b) unauthorised modification of computer data or a computer program,
(c) unauthorised impairment of electronic communication to or from a computer,
(d) unauthorised impairment of the availability, reliability, security or operation of a computer, computer data or a computer program.

"Department" means the Department of Planning and Environment.

"distribution district" means the district to which a network operator is restricted under the conditions of an authorisation or licence.

"distribution pipeline" means the gas pipes and associated equipment that are used to convey and control the conveyance of natural gas to the premises of customers, but does not include--
(a) any pipeline in respect of which a licence is in force under the Pipelines Act 1967 (other than a pipeline that the regulations declare to be, or to form part of, a distribution pipeline), or
(b) any gas installation, or
(c) any gas pipe or associated equipment that is wholly situated on land owned by the person who owns or controls the gas pipe or equipment, or
(d) any gas pipe or associated equipment that the regulations declare not to be, or not to form part of, a distribution pipeline.

"distribution system" means the gas pipes and associated equipment that are used to convey and control the conveyance of gas (other than natural gas) to the premises of customers, but does not include--
(a) any pipeline in respect of which a licence is in force under the Pipelines Act 1967 (other than a pipeline that the regulations declare to be, or to form part of, a distribution system), or
(b) any gas installation, or
(c) any gas pipe or associated equipment that is wholly situated on land owned by the person who owns or controls the gas pipe or equipment, or
(d) any gas pipe or associated equipment that the regulations declare not to be, or not to form part of, a distribution system.

"distributor" means a person who supplies gas (other than natural gas) to other persons by means of a distribution system.

"distributor's licence" means a licence referred to in section 35.

"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.

"flue" means any system of pipes and associated fittings designed to convey exhaust gases away from a gas appliance.

"function" includes a power, authority or duty.

"gas" means--
(a) natural gas, or
(b) liquefied petroleum gas, or
(c) any other substance that the regulations declare to be a gas for the purposes of this Act.

"gas appliance" means any gas burning or gas using appliance that is manufactured, adapted or designed for connection to a gas installation, whether by means of a gas outlet socket or otherwise, and includes any liquefied petroleum gas dispenser, catalytic burner or vaporiser, but does not include an internal combustion engine that is installed in, or forms part of, a vehicle, vessel or machine.

"gas container" includes a gas cylinder, a gas cartridge, a pressure vessel and a gas tank.

"gas installation" means--
(a) any pipe or system of pipes used to convey or control gas, and any associated fittings and equipment, that are downstream of the gas supply point, but does not include anything beyond the gas installation end point, and
(b) any flue that is downstream of the gas supply point,
but does not include an autogas installation.

"gas installation end point" means--
(a) in the case of a gas installation to which gas is supplied from a gas network--the gas outlet socket, or
(b) in any other case--the control valve or other connection point of a gas appliance or of another gas container.

"gas network" means a distribution pipeline or a distribution system.

"gas supply point" means--
(a) in the case of a gas installation to which gas is supplied from a gas network--the outlet of the gas meter at which the gas is supplied, or
(b) in any other case--the control valve or other connection point of a gas container.

"gas works" means any gas pipes or associated equipment that form part of, or connect premises to, distribution pipeline or a distribution system.

"gasfitting work" means any work involved in--
(a) the installation, alteration, extension or repair of a gas installation, or
(b) the installation, alteration, extension, removal or repair of a flue, or
(c) the connection of a gas installation to, or the disconnection of a gas installation from, a gas supply point, or
(d) the connection of a gas appliance to, or the disconnection of a gas appliance from, a gas installation (otherwise than where the point of connection is a gas outlet socket), or
(e) the connection of a gas container, gas regulator or gas appliance to, or the disconnection of a gas container, gas regulator or gas appliance from, a gas installation (otherwise than where it is designed to be readily detachable from the installation whether by the use of a tool, mechanical force or otherwise).

"inspector" means a government inspector or gas industry inspector appointed under section 77 (1) or (2).

"licence" means a distributor's licence.

"licensed distributor" means a person who holds a distributor's licence.

"liquefied petroleum gas" means a liquid or gaseous substance containing a mixture of hydrocarbons, basically consisting of butane or butene or propane or propene, or any mixture of them.

"natural gas" means a substance prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

"network operator" means a reticulator or a distributor.

"premises" includes any building or part of a building, any structure or part of a structure, any land (whether built on or not) and any river, lake or other waters.

"reticulator" means a person who owns or controls a distribution pipeline for natural gas.

"reticulator's authorisation" means an authorisation referred to in section 6.

"roads authority" has the same meaning as it has in the Roads Act 1993 .

"Tribunal" means the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal established under the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992 .


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