Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

GAS PIPELINES ACCESS ACT 1998 (NO. 15 OF 1998) - SECT 20

(1)     If a pipeline is a cross-boundary pipeline, any action taken under the gas pipelines access legislation of a scheme participant in whose jurisdictional area a part of the pipeline is situated—

        (a)     by, or in relation to, a relevant Minister, or a relevant Regulator, within the meaning of that legislation;

        (b)     by, or in relation to, an arbitrator appointed by a relevant Regulator within the meaning of that legislation; or

        (c)     by the Federal Court, or by the Supreme Court, or the relevant appeals body, within the meaning of that legislation, in relation to the action taken by, or in relation to, a person or body referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

is taken also to be action taken under the gas pipelines access legislation of each other scheme participant in whose jurisdiction area a part of the pipeline is situated (in this subsection called “that other legislation”)—

        (d)     by, or in relation to, a relevant Minister, or relevant Regulator, within the meaning of that other legislation;

        (e)     by, or in relation to, an arbitrator appointed by a relevant Regulator within the meaning of that other legislation;

        (f)     by the Federal Court; or

        (g)     by the Supreme Court, or relevant appeals body, within the respective meanings of that other legislation;

as the case requires.

(2)     In this section—