11Operating pressure and heating value of natural gas

11 Operating pressure and heating value of natural gas

(1)  A licensee must ensure that any natural gas supplied by the licensee is supplied so that the operating pressure of the natural gas, at the outlet of each meter assembly for recording a consumer's consumption of natural gas, is one kilopascal or more, but less than or equal to 3 kilopascals, subject to any written requirement of the consumer or agreement between the Director and the licensee for gas to be supplied at more than 3 kilopascals.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units; or

(b) a natural person, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(2)  The pressure of the natural gas at each such meter assembly is to be within the pressure operating range designated by the manufacturer of the meter assembly.

(3)  A licensee must ensure that natural gas is supplied to consumers so that the heating value of the gas, when measured at each measuring point approved by the Director for that purpose, does not vary by more than 1% from the claimed heating value used by the licensee as the basis for its charges to the consumer for the natural gas.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units; or

(b) a natural person, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(4)  The claimed heating value referred to in subregulation 3) must not show systematic bias within that range of variation.