Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL GAS (QUEENSLAND) LAW - SECT 8A

8A Nominated distributors

(1) The regulations under the application Act of a participating jurisdiction (a
"local regulation" ) may—

(a) nominate an entity, being an entity that is licensed or otherwise authorised under the jurisdictional gas legislation of that jurisdiction to operate a distribution pipeline that is not a scheme pipeline, as an entity to which this section applies (the
"nominated distributor" ); and

(b) apply to the nominated distributor specified provisions of the Rules that relate to the following matters:

(i) the connection of premises of retail customers;

(ii) retail support obligations between distributors and retailers;

(iii) credit support arrangements between distributors and retailers.

(2) The application of any such specified provisions of the Rules to the nominated distributor is subject to such modifications as may be specified in the local regulation.

(3) The nominated distributor—

(a) must comply with the Rules to the extent that the Rules are applied by the local regulation to the nominated distributor; and

(b) may, to the extent that the Rules apply to the nominated distributor, be proceeded against under this Law for any breach of those Rules.

(4) A nomination of an entity by a local regulation may be made for—

(a) the whole or a specified part of the geographical area of a jurisdiction; or

(b) the whole or a specified part of the distribution pipeline that is operated by the entity,

or for both.

(5) The Minister responsible for administering the application Act (other than the application Act of South Australia) under which a local regulation referred to in this section is made is to make arrangements for notice of the making and publication of the regulation to be published for information in the South Australian Government Gazette.