Western Australian Current Regulations

GAS SUPPLY (GAS QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS) REGULATIONS 2010

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Citation  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Terms used  
   4.      Use of notes and examples  
   5.      Gas transmission pipelines  
   5A.     Pipelines declared not to be gas transmission pipelines  
   6.      Gas storage facilities  
   7.      Reference gas quality specifications

   PART 2 -- Gas quality and capacity of PIA pipelines

           Division 1 -- PIA pipelines  

   8.      Application for making, amending or revoking declaration  
   9.      Criteria for making declaration  
   10.     Criteria for revoking declaration  
   11.     Criteria for amending declaration  
   12.     Procedure for making, amending or revoking declaration  
   13.     Content of certain decisions, and to whom copies must be given  
   14.     Publishing description of PIA pipeline  
   15.     Transitional provision for DBNGP and GGP

           Division 2 -- Content of pipeline impact agreements  

   16.     Additional minimum requirements for pipeline impact agreement

           Division 3 -- Relevant effects on a PIA pipeline  

   17.     Working out relevant effect on pipeline’s capacity  
   18.     Working out relevant effect on pipeline’s operations and maintenance

           Division 4 -- Formation of pipeline impact agreements  

   19.     Default procedure  
   20.     Extension of time  
   21.     Step 1: application for pipeline impact agreement  
   22.     Step 2: determining relevant effects on pipeline  
   23.     Step 3: choosing method to deal with relevant effects and resolving disputes  
   24.     Lapse of procedure for delay by gas producer  
   25.     Prescribed method  
   26.     Default pipeline impact agreements  
   27.     Standard form agreements: publishing requirements

           Division 5 -- Short‑term situations  

   28A.    Application  
   28B.    Term used: period of modification  
   28C.    Duration of period of modification  
   28D.    Modification of Part 2 of Act  
   28E.    Notification of extension of period of modification

   PART 3 -- Modifying gas contracts  

   28.     Standard gas quality specifications for pipelines  
   29.     Application of this Part before 1 July 2012  
   30.     Modifying gas contracts: gas quality specifications  
   30A.    Continuing effect of modifications to gas contracts under regulation 30  
   30B.    Modifying gas contracts: providing information under regulations  
   31.      Modifying gas contracts: system use gas

   PART 4 -- Compensation

           Division 1 -- Preliminary  

   32.     Terms used

           Division 2 -- Entitlement and liability to compensation  

   33.     Agreements as to compensation  
   34.     Entitlement to compensation: costs incurred  
   35.     Entitlement to compensation: loss of capacity of gas storage facility  
   36.     Total amount of compensation  
   37.     Extent to which relevant cost is claimable  
   38.     Adjustment of compensable and claimable proportion of relevant cost: fixed costs  
   39.     Adjustment of total claimable ongoing costs  
   40.     Liability to compensation and extent of liability  
   41.     Recovery of compensation

           Division 3 -- Extent to which relevant costs compensable  

   42.     Extent to which relevant costs are compensable  
   43.     Costs to restore capacity, or plant and equipment costs: compensable to extent attributable to gas not complying with relevant gas quality specification  
   44.     Costs to restore capacity, or plant and equipment costs: compensable to extent prudent  
   45.     Costs to restore capacity: compensable when, and to extent to which, capacity needed  
   46.     Averaged quality, quantity and conditions  
   47.     Relevant gas quality specification for operator of Mondarra Gas Storage Facility  
   48.     Operating and maintenance costs: method

           Division 4 -- Part 4 pipeline becoming PIA pipeline  

   49.     Transition period  
   50.     Modification of operation of Act during transition period

   PART 5 -- Dispute resolution

           Division 1 -- Preliminary  

   51.     Terms used  
   52.     Application of this Part

           Division 2 -- Commencing dispute resolution process  

   53.     Commencing dispute resolution process  
   54.     Responding to application for dispute resolution  
   55.     Initiator of dispute may respond to responses  
   56.     Choice of dispute resolution procedure  
   57.     When dispute resolution procedure begins  
   58.     Arbitrator may dismiss dispute

           Division 3 -- Default dispute resolution procedure  

   59.     Arbitrator’s functions  
   60.     Arbitration procedure

           Division 4 -- Significant dispute resolution procedure

              Subdivision 1 -- Mediation  

   61.     Arbitrator to appoint mediator  
   62.     Mediator’s functions  
   63.     Mediation procedure  
   64.     Mediation proceedings confidential and privileged  
   65.     Duty of confidence  
   66.     Mediator: conflicts of interest and replacing mediator  
   67.     Costs of mediation  
   68.     Limitation of liability of mediator

              Subdivision 2 -- Arbitration  

   69.     Arbitrator’s functions  
   70.     Arbitration procedure

           Division 5 -- Joinder of parties  

   71.     Arbitrator may join party  
   72.     Notice of joinder  
   73.     Response by person joined  
   74.     Mediation

           Division 6 -- Effect and enforcement of determinations  

   75.     Content of determinations  
   76.     Effect of determinations  
   77.     Determinations may be enforced as judgments

           Division 7 -- General provisions  

   78.     Arbitration hearings in public  
   79.     Party to dispute may request that certain material be treated as confidential  
   80.     Order preventing disclosure of information  
   81.     Costs of dispute  
   82.     Costs of parties to disputes  
   83.     When certain documents are taken to have been received  
   84.     Relationship of this Part to other proceedings

           Division 8 -- Arbitrator funding  

   85.     Terms used  
   86.     Standing charges  
   87.     Assessment and payment of standing charges  
   88.     Recovery of unpaid amounts  
   89.     Matters to be included in arbitrator’s annual report

   PART 6 -- Provision of certain information  

   89A.    Aggregation or de‑identification of records and other information provided under a pipeline impact agreement  
   90.     Notice of pipeline impact agreement
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Standard gas quality specifications for gas transmission pipelines  
           SCHEDULE 2 -- Reference specifications  
           SCHEDULE 3 -- Relevant sections of PIA pipelines  
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