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121 AER reviews
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(1) The MCE may request the AER to conduct a review into, and report to it as to, whether a pipeline should continue to be a designated pipeline.
(2) A service provider that provides pipeline services by means of a designated pipeline may request the AER to conduct a review into, and report to the MCE as to, whether that pipeline should continue to be a designated pipeline.
(3) A request under subsection (1) or (2) must be in writing.
(4) On receiving a request under this section, the AER must conduct a review as to whether the pipeline the subject of the request should continue to be a designated pipeline.
(5) In conducting a review under this section, the AER must—
(a) have regard to—
(i) the national gas objective; and
(ii) whether there has been a material change in competition in a market served by the designated pipeline; and
(b) consult, in accordance with the Rules, with the public.
(6) On the completion of a review under this section, the AER must prepare a report and—
(a) give the report to the MCE; and
(b) publish the report on its website.
(7) The AER must also give a copy of the report to the service provider that has requested the review.
s 121: Subst 2022 No 21, sec 52.