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#### 14 Actions in relation to cross boundary pipelines
14 Actions in relation to cross boundary pipelines
> > (1) If a pipeline is a cross boundary pipeline, any action taken under the national gas legislation of a participating jurisdiction in whose jurisdictional area a part of the pipeline is situated—
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> > > (a) by, or in relation to, a relevant Minister, or
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> > > (b) by the Court within the meaning of that legislation in relation to the action taken by, or in relation to, a relevant Minister,
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> > is taken also to be taken under the national gas legislation of each participating jurisdiction in whose jurisdictional area a part of the pipeline is situated (that other legislation)—
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> > > (c) by, or in relation to, a relevant Minister within the meaning of that other legislation, or
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> > > (d) by the Court within the meaning of that other legislation,
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> > as the case requires.
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> > (2) Despite subsection (1), no proceeding for judicial review or for a declaration, injunction, writ, order or remedy may be brought before the Court to challenge or question any action, or purported action, of a relevant Minister taken, or purportedly taken, in relation to a cross boundary distribution pipeline unless this jurisdiction has been determined to be the participating jurisdiction with which the cross boundary distribution pipeline is most closely connected.
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> > (3) A reference in this section—
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> > > (a) to an action that is taken includes a reference to—
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> > > > (i) a decision or determination that is made, or
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> > > > (ii) an omission that is made, and
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> > > (b) to a purported action that is purportedly taken includes a reference to a purported decision or determination that is purportedly made.
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > cross boundary pipeline means—
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> > > (a) a cross boundary transmission pipeline, or
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> > > (b) a cross boundary distribution pipeline.