5Definitions

5 Definitions

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia.

Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Law means:

(a) in relation to an external Territory and its offshore area or to the Jervis Bay Territory—the provisions applying in that external Territory and its offshore area, or in the Jervis Bay Territory, under subsection 8(1); or
(b) in relation to the offshore area in respect of a State or of the Northern Territory—the provisions applying in that offshore area because of the operation of section 9.

Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Regulations means:

(a) in relation to an external Territory and its offshore area or to the Jervis Bay Territory—the provisions applying in that external Territory and its offshore area, or in the Jervis Bay Territory, under subsection 8(1); or
(b) in relation to the offshore area in respect of a State or of the Northern Territory—the provisions applying in that offshore area because of the operation of section 10.

Gas Pipelines Access Law means:

(a) Schedule 1 to the South Australian Act:
(i) as enacted; or
(ii) if amended, as amended and in force for the time being; and
(b) the National Third Party Access Code for Natural Gas Pipeline Systems (a copy of which, as agreed by the Council of Australian Governments on 7 November 1997, is set out in Schedule 2 to the South Australian Act), or, if that Code is amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to that Act, that Code as so amended and in force for the time being.

Gas Pipelines Access Regulations means regulations in force from time to time under Part 3 of the South Australian Act.

national scheme means the scheme for the provision of third party access to gas pipelines facilitated by the collective operation of the gas pipelines access legislation of all scheme participants.

offshore area, in relation to a State or Territory, has the same meaning as in the Offshore Petroleum Act 2006.

South Australian Act means the Gas Pipelines Access (South Australia) Act 1997 of South Australia.

(2) Words and expressions used in Schedule 1 to the South Australian Act (applying as part of the Gas Pipelines Access (Commonwealth) Law) and in this Act have the same respective meanings in this Act as they have in that Schedule. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the extent that the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires.