Part 8Compliance with access determinations

Part 8—Compliance with access determinations 170—Compliance with access determination (1) Subject to the Rules and subsection (2)— (a) a party to a scheme pipeline access dispute in respect of which an access determination is made must comply with the access determination; and (b) an access determination in relation to a non‑scheme pipeline is enforceable as if it were a contract between the parties to the access determination. See also Chapter 8 Part 6 in relation to the enforcement of access determinations. (2) A user or prospective user of a pipeline service to which an access determination relates is not bound to seek access to the service. (3) However, if a user or prospective user of a pipeline service seeks or obtains access, the user or prospective user is bound by any relevant provision of the access determination. 171—Subsequent service providers bound by access determinations (1) An access determination applies to every subsequent service provider as if that subsequent service provider were a party to the access dispute in respect of which the access determination was made. subsequent service provider means a service provider (other than the service provider to whom the access determination applies) who provides pipeline services— (a) the subject of the access dispute; and (b) in respect of which the access determination was made.