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NATIONAL GAS (QUEENSLAND) LAW - SECT 30AA

Definitions

30AA Definitions

In this Division—

"bilateral trading agreement" means an agreement, entered into outside a wholesale gas market, to supply covered gas

(a) to a wholesale gas market participant; or
(b) to an end user
(i) other than by a retailer; or
(ii) by a retailer in a quantity exceeding the amount prescribed by the wholesale market monitoring guidelines;

"effective competition" has the meaning given by section 30AB ;

"financial risk management product" means a contract or other arrangement, entered into by a wholesale gas market participant, to manage financial risk including, without limitation, risks associated with the following:
(a) volatility in the price for 1 or more covered gases in a wholesale gas market;
(b) volatility in supply and demand in a wholesale gas market;
(c) volatility in the price of services involved in the extraction, refinement or processing, transportation or storage of 1 or more covered gases;

"gas contract" means an agreement, entered into by a wholesale gas market participant, however described and whether coming into existence before or after the commencement of this section that relates to 1 or more of the following:
(a) the supply of covered gas;
(b) the purchase of covered gas;
(c) the transportation of covered gas;
(d) the storage of covered gas;
(e) the refining or processing, including compression and blending, of covered gas;
(f) relating to emissions produced or avoided in the extraction, refining or processing, supply or use of covered gas;
(g) a function or process prescribed by the Regulations or the Rules;

"relevant agreement" means the following:
(a) a bilateral trading agreement;
(b) a financial risk management product;
(c) a gas contract;

"wholesale gas market" means—
(a) a wholesale market for covered gas, regulated under this Law and the Rules, including the following:
(i) a declared wholesale gas market;
(ii) a short term trading market;
(iii) a gas trading exchange; or
(b) a wholesale market for the transportation or storage of covered gas including a capacity auction; or
(c) a wholesale market prescribed by the Regulations;

"wholesale gas market participant" means person who is 1 or more of the following:
(a) a person who is registered on the Gas Bulletin Board;
(b) a person who supplies covered gas to or withdraws covered gas from a gas trading exchange administered by AEMO;
(c) a Registered participant;
(d) a member of a class of persons prescribed by the Regulations or the Rules;

"wholesale market monitoring guidelines" means the guidelines prepared under section 30AT .



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