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These regulations may be cited as the Gas Industry Regulations 2024 .
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Tasmania regulation
These regulations expand what counts as “gas” under the Gas Industry Act by declaring biomethane, biogas, hydrogen, synthetic methane and their blends to be gas, and by defining biomethane and synthetic methane (regs 3–4). This brings producers, suppliers, network operators and regulators into the Act’s regulatory framework for those substances (reg 4). Producers and suppliers will face the Act’s compliance, permitting and safety rules and associated costs; regulators decide how the Act applies in individual cases (regs 2–4).
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Direct links to the current provisions in Gas Industry Regulations 2024.
These regulations may be cited as the Gas Industry Regulations 2024 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations –
Act means the Gas Industry Act 2019 ;
biogas has the same meaning as in the Gas Safety Act 2019 ;
biomethane means a substance –
(a) that is in a gaseous state at standard temperature and pressure; and
(b) the principal constituent of which is methane; and
(c) that is produced from biogas;
synthetic methane means a substance –
(a) that is in a gaseous state at standard temperature and pressure; and
(b) the principal constituent of which is methane; and
(c) that is produced by the methanation of carbon dioxide.
The following substances are declared, under paragraph (c) of the definition of gas in section 3(1) of the Act, to be gas for the purposes of the Act:
(a) biomethane;
(b) biogas;
(c) hydrogen;
(d) synthetic methane;
(e) a mixture, blend or combination, whether in equal parts or otherwise, comprised of any two or more substances that are a gas under the Act.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 21 February 2024
These regulations are administered in the Department of State Growth.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
These regulations may be cited as the Gas Industry Regulations 2024 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations –
Act means the Gas Industry Act 2019 ;
biogas has the same meaning as in the Gas Safety Act 2019 ;
biomethane means a substance –
(a) that is in a gaseous state at standard temperature and pressure; and
(b) the principal constituent of which is methane; and
(c) that is produced from biogas;
synthetic methane means a substance –
(a) that is in a gaseous state at standard temperature and pressure; and
(b) the principal constituent of which is methane; and
(c) that is produced by the methanation of carbon dioxide.
The following substances are declared, under paragraph (c) of the definition of gas in section 3(1) of the Act, to be gas for the purposes of the Act:
(a) biomethane;
(b) biogas;
(c) hydrogen;
(d) synthetic methane;
(e) a mixture, blend or combination, whether in equal parts or otherwise, comprised of any two or more substances that are a gas under the Act.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 21 February 2024
These regulations are administered in the Department of State Growth.