17Effect of separate and consolidated access arrangements in certain cases

17 Effect of separate and consolidated access arrangements in certain cases

17 Effect of separate and consolidated access arrangements in certain cases

(1) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in this Law.

(2) If, under this Law and the Rules, separate access arrangements are approved in an applicable access arrangement decision for pipeline services provided, or to be provided, by means of different parts of a scheme pipeline, each part of the scheme pipeline—

(a) by which pipeline services are provided; and

(b) to which each separate applicable access arrangement applies,

must to be taken to be a separate scheme pipeline for the purposes of this Law.

(3) If under this Law and the Rules, a single access arrangement is approved in an applicable access arrangement decision for pipeline services provided, or to be provided, by means of 2 or more scheme pipelines, those pipelines must be taken to be a single scheme pipeline for the purposes of this Law.

s 17: Am 2022 No 21, sec 23.