sec.14Local regulations may exempt pipeline

sec.14 Local regulations may exempt pipeline

A local regulation may declare a pipeline, or a proposed pipeline, to be a remote pipeline if the pipeline— is, or will be, hauling covered gas other than natural gas or a natural gas equivalent, as defined in the National Energy Retail Law ; and is, or will be, wholly within the jurisdiction for which the regulation is made; and is not, or will not be, interconnected in any way with the system of transmission pipelines and distribution pipelines used to convey gas within and between participating jurisdictions. A remote pipeline, and the service provider for the pipeline (but only in respect of the remote pipeline) is exempt from the following: section 91DB ; Chapter 3 ; Chapter 4 ; Chapter 5 ; section 223 ; Chapter 7A . Before recommending the making of a local regulation declaring a pipeline or a proposed pipeline to be a remote pipeline, the responsible Minister of the participating jurisdiction must have regard to the national gas objective. A pipeline or a proposed pipeline ceases, with immediate effect, to be a remote pipeline if— 1 or more of the requirements in subsection (1) ceases to apply to the pipeline; or the local regulation declaring the pipeline to be a remote pipeline is repealed. s 14 prev s 14 om 2022 No. 21 (SA) s 21 pres s 14 ins 2023 No. 36 (SA) s 11 (sec.14-ssec.1) A local regulation may declare a pipeline, or a proposed pipeline, to be a remote pipeline if the pipeline— is, or will be, hauling covered gas other than natural gas or a natural gas equivalent, as defined in the National Energy Retail Law ; and is, or will be, wholly within the jurisdiction for which the regulation is made; and is not, or will not be, interconnected in any way with the system of transmission pipelines and distribution pipelines used to convey gas within and between participating jurisdictions. (sec.14-ssec.2) A remote pipeline, and the service provider for the pipeline (but only in respect of the remote pipeline) is exempt from the following: section 91DB ; Chapter 3 ; Chapter 4 ; Chapter 5 ; section 223 ; Chapter 7A . (sec.14-ssec.3) Before recommending the making of a local regulation declaring a pipeline or a proposed pipeline to be a remote pipeline, the responsible Minister of the participating jurisdiction must have regard to the national gas objective. (sec.14-ssec.4) A pipeline or a proposed pipeline ceases, with immediate effect, to be a remote pipeline if— 1 or more of the requirements in subsection (1) ceases to apply to the pipeline; or the local regulation declaring the pipeline to be a remote pipeline is repealed.

• (a) is, or will be, hauling covered gas other than natural gas or a natural gas equivalent, as defined in the National Energy Retail Law ; and
• (b) is, or will be, wholly within the jurisdiction for which the regulation is made; and
• (c) is not, or will not be, interconnected in any way with the system of transmission pipelines and distribution pipelines used to convey gas within and between participating jurisdictions.