National Gas (Queensland) Law
sec.148Service provider must not enter into or give effect to associate contracts inconsistent with competitive parity rule
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sec.148 Service provider must not enter into or give effect to associate contracts inconsistent with competitive parity rule
A service provider must not— enter into an associate contract that is; or vary an associate contract so that contract, as varied, is; or give effect to a provision of an associate contract that is, inconsistent with the competitive parity rule unless— that associate contract is an approved associated contract; or that provision is contained in an approved associate contract. For the purposes of subsection (1) , and any Rules made for the purposes of that subsection, the competitive parity rule is the rule that a service provider must ensure that any pipeline services that the service provider provides to an associate of the service provider are provided to that associate as if that associate were a separate unrelated entity. s 148 amd 2022 No. 21 (SA) s 73 (sec.148-ssec.1) A service provider must not— enter into an associate contract that is; or vary an associate contract so that contract, as varied, is; or give effect to a provision of an associate contract that is, inconsistent with the competitive parity rule unless— that associate contract is an approved associated contract; or that provision is contained in an approved associate contract. (sec.148-ssec.2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , and any Rules made for the purposes of that subsection, the competitive parity rule is the rule that a service provider must ensure that any pipeline services that the service provider provides to an associate of the service provider are provided to that associate as if that associate were a separate unrelated entity.
- (a) enter into an associate contract that is; or
- (b) vary an associate contract so that contract, as varied, is; or
- (c) give effect to a provision of an associate contract that is,
- (d) that associate contract is an approved associated contract; or
- (e) that provision is contained in an approved associate contract.