Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL GAS (QUEENSLAND) LAW - SECT 121

121 AER reviews

(1) The MCE may request the AER to conduct a review into, and report to it as to, whether a pipeline should continue to be a designated pipeline.

(2) A service provider that provides pipeline services by means of a designated pipeline may request the AER to conduct a review into, and report to the MCE as to, whether that pipeline should continue to be a designated pipeline.

(3) A request under subsection (1) or (2) must be in writing.

(4) On receiving a request under this section, the AER must conduct a review as to whether the pipeline the subject of the request should continue to be a designated pipeline.

(5) In conducting a review under this section, the AER must—

(a) have regard to—

(i) the national gas objective; and

(ii) whether there has been a material change in competition in a market served by the designated pipeline; and

(b) consult, in accordance with the Rules, with the public.

(6) On the completion of a review under this section, the AER must prepare a report and—

(a) give the report to the MCE; and

(b) publish the report on its website.

(7) The AER must also give a copy of the report to the service provider that has requested the review.