NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
NATIONAL GAS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 2008
As in force at 13 November 2014
Table of provisions
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1
4 Act binds Crown .............................................................................. 2
5 Application to coastal waters ........................................................... 2
6 Extra-territorial operation ................................................................. 2
Part 2 National Gas (NT) Law and National Gas
(NT) Regulations
7 Application in Territory of National Gas Law .................................... 2
8 Application in Territory of regulations under National Gas Law ....... 3
9 Interpretation of expressions in National Gas (NT) Law and
National Gas (NT) Regulations ........................................................ 3
Part 3 Cross vesting of powers
10 Conferral of powers on Commonwealth Minister and
Commonwealth bodies to act in Territory ........................................ 4
11 Conferral of powers on Ministers of participating States to act
in Territory ....................................................................................... 4
12 Conferral of functions or powers on State Minister .......................... 4
Part 4 Miscellaneous matters
13 Exemption from taxes ...................................................................... 4
14 Actions in relation to cross boundary pipelines ................................ 5
15 Conferral of functions and powers on Commonwealth bodies ......... 6
16 Regulations...................................................................................... 6
18 Repeal of Gas Pipelines Access (Northern Territory) Act 1998 ....... 6
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 13 November 2014
NATIONAL GAS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 2008
An Act to establish a framework to enable third parties to gain access to
certain natural gas pipelines services, to repeal the Gas Pipelines
Access (Northern Territory) Act 1998, and for related purposes
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the National Gas (Northern Territory) Act
2008.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date fixed by the Administrator by
Gazette notice.
3 Interpretation
(1) In this Act:
National Gas (NT) Law means the provisions applying because of
section 7.
National Gas (NT) Regulations means the provisions applying
because of section 8.
South Australian Act means the National Gas (South Australia)
Act 2008 (SA).
(2) Words and expressions used in the National Gas (NT) Law and in
this Act have the same respective meanings in this Act as they
have in that Law.
(3) This section does not apply to the extent that the context or subject-
matter otherwise indicates or requires.
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4 Act binds Crown
This Act, the National Gas (NT) Law and the National Gas (NT)
Regulations binds the Crown in right of the Territory and, to the
extent the legislative power of the Legislative Assembly permits, the
Crown in all its other capacities.
5 Application to coastal waters
(1) This Act, the National Gas (NT) Law and the National Gas (NT)
Regulations apply in the coastal waters of the Territory as if the
coastal waters were within the limits of the Territory.
(2) In this section:
adjacent area in respect of the Territory means the adjacent
area of this jurisdiction under the National Gas (NT) Law (as
defined in section 9(1) of this Act).
coastal waters, in relation to the Territory, means any sea that is
on the landward side of the adjacent area in respect of the Territory
but is not within the limits of the Territory.
6 Extra-territorial operation
It is the intention of the Legislative Assembly that this Act, the
National Gas (NT) Law and the National Gas (NT) Regulations
should, so far as possible, operate to the full extent of the extra-
territorial legislative power of the Territory.
Part 2 National Gas (NT) Law and National Gas (NT)
Regulations
7 Application in Territory of National Gas Law
The National Gas Law set out in the Schedule to the South
Australian Act, as in force for the time being:
(a) applies as a law of the Territory; and
(b) as so applying may be referred to as the National Gas (NT)
Law.
Note
The South Australian Act is available at www.legislation.sa.gov.au/index.aspx
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8 Application in Territory of regulations under National Gas Law
The regulations in force for the time being under Part 3 of the South
Australian Act:
(a) apply as regulations in force for the purposes of the National
Gas (NT) Law; and
(b) as so applying may be referred to as the National Gas (NT)
Regulations.
9 Interpretation of expressions in National Gas (NT) Law and
National Gas (NT) Regulations
(1) In the National Gas (NT) Law and the National Gas (NT)
Regulations:
adjacent area of another participating jurisdiction means the
offshore area of a State within the meaning of section 7 of the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Cth).
adjacent area of this jurisdiction means the offshore area of the
Territory within the meaning of section 7 of the Offshore Petroleum
and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Cth).
Court means the Supreme Court.
designated minister means the Commonwealth Minister.
Legislature of this jurisdiction means the Legislative Assembly.
National Gas Law or this Law means the National Gas (NT) Law.
this jurisdiction means the Territory.
(2) The Acts Interpretation Act 1915 (SA) and other Acts of South
Australia do not apply to:
(a) the National Gas Law set out in the Schedule to the South
Australian Act in its application as a law of the Territory; or
(b) the regulations in force for the time being under Part 3 of the
South Australian Act in their application as regulations in force
for the purposes of the National Gas (NT) Law.
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Part 3 Cross vesting of powers
10 Conferral of powers on Commonwealth Minister and
Commonwealth bodies to act in Territory
(1) The Commonwealth Minister and the Commonwealth bodies have
power to do acts in or in relation to the Territory in the performance
or exercise of a function or power expressed to be conferred on
them respectively by the national gas legislation of another
participating jurisdiction.
(2) In this section:
Commonwealth bodies means any of the following:
(a) AER;
(b) NCC;
(c) the Tribunal.
11 Conferral of powers on Ministers of participating States to act
in Territory
The Minister of a participating jurisdiction has power to do acts in or
in relation to the Territory in the performance or exercise of a
function or power expressed to be conferred on the Minister by the
national gas legislation of another participating jurisdiction.
12 Conferral of functions or powers on State Minister
If the national gas legislation of another participating jurisdiction
confers a function or power on the Minister, the Minister:
(a) may perform that function or exercise that power; and
(b) may do all things necessary or convenient to be done in
connection with the performance or exercise of that function or
power.
Part 4 Miscellaneous matters
13 Exemption from taxes
(1) Any duty or other tax imposed by or under a law of the Territory is
not payable in relation to:
(a) an exempt matter; or
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(b) anything done (including, for example, a transaction entered
into or an instrument or document made, executed, lodged or
given) because of, or arising out of, an exempt matter.
(2) In this section:
exempt matter means a transfer of assets or liabilities:
(a) that is made for the purpose of ensuring that a person does
not carry on a business of producing, purchasing or selling
natural gas or processable gas in breach of any ring fencing
requirements of the national gas legislation or for the purpose
of the separation of certain businesses or business activities
from other businesses or business activities of a person as
required by an AER ring fencing determination; and
(b) that the Treasurer declares from time to time by Gazette
notice to be an exempt matter fro the purposes of this section.
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:
(a) by, or in relation to, a relevant Minister; or
(b) by the Court within the meaning of that legislation in relation to
action taken by, or in relation to, a relevant Minister;
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):
(c) by, or in relation to, a relevant Minister within the meaning of
that other legislation; or
(d) by the Court within the meaning of that other legislation;
as the case requires.
(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:
(a) to an action that is taken includes a reference to:
(i) a decision or determination that is made; or
(ii) an omission that is made; and
(b) to a purported action that is purportedly taken includes a
reference to a purported decision or determination that is
purportedly made.
(4) In this section:
cross boundary pipeline means:
(a) a cross boundary transmission pipeline; or
(b) a cross boundary distribution pipeline.
15 Conferral of functions and powers on Commonwealth bodies
(1) Clause 2 of Schedule 2 to the National Gas (NT) Law has effect in
relation to the operation of any provision of this Act, or any
regulation forming part of the National Gas (NT) Regulations, as if
the provision or regulation formed part of the National Gas (NT)
Law.
(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the effect that a provision or regulation
would validly have apart from this subsection.
16 Regulations
(1) The Administrator may make regulations under this Act.
(2) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional
nature (a transitional regulation) consequent on the enactment of
this Act.
(3) A transitional regulation may have retrospective operation to a date
not earlier than the date of assent to this Act.
(4) However, to the extent a transitional regulation has retrospective
operation, it does not operate to the disadvantage of a person
(other than the Territory or a Territory authority) by decreasing the
person's rights or imposing liabilities on the person.
18 Repeal of Gas Pipelines Access (Northern Territory) Act 1998
The Gas Pipelines Access (Northern Territory) Act 1998 is
repealed.
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
National Gas (Northern Territory) Act 2008 (Act No. 16, 2008)
Assent date 24 June 2008
Commenced 1 July 2008 (Gaz S32, 1 July 2008)
Statute Law Revision Act 2014 (Act No. 38, 2014)
Assent date 13 November 2014
Commenced 13 November 2014
3 AMENDMENT MADE BY PRINCIPAL ACT
On the commencement of section 7 of the Offshore Petroleum Act 2006
(Cth), the definitions of adjacent area of another participating jurisdiction
and adjacent area of this jurisdiction in section 9(1) were replaced with the
definitions mentioned in section 19 of this Act. Section 7 of the Offshore
Petroleum Act 2006 (Cth) commenced 1 July 2008.
4 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: s 1.
5 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
s 9 amd No. 16, 2008, s 19; No. 38, 2014, s 2
s 17 rep No. 38, 2014, s 2
s 19 rep No. 38, 2014, s 2
sch rep No. 38, 2014, s 2