South Australian Consolidated Regulations

GAS REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 4

4—Interpretation

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

"Act" means the Gas Act 1997;

"AG 603" means AG 603—Gas Distribution Code published by The Australian Gas Association, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AG 603);

"AS/NZS 1596" means AS/NZS 1596—The storage and handling of LP gas published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS/NZS 1596);

"AS 2885" means AS 2885—Pipelines—Gas and liquid petroleum published in part jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand and in other parts by Standards Australia alone, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS 2885);

"AS 3814" means AS 3814/AG 501—Industrial and Commercial Gas-fired Appliances published by The Australian Gas Association, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS 3814);

"AS 4551" means AS 4551/AG 101—Domestic gas cooking appliances published by The Australian Gas Association, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS 4551);

"AS 4564" means AS 4564/AG 864—Specification for General Purpose Natural Gas published by The Australian Gas Association, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS 4564);

"AS/NZS 4645" means AS/NZS 4645—Gas distribution networks published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS/NZS 4645);

"AS 5601" means AS 5601—Gas Installations published by Standards Australia, as in force from time to time (including any code or standard called up by or under AS 5601);

"business day" means a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or other public holiday;

"distribution system operator" means a gas entity authorised by a licence to carry on the operation of a distribution system;

"flame speed factor" means the flame speed factor determined in accordance with the formula set out in Schedule 1;

"inset distribution system" means a distribution system that serves only a group of premises or parts of premises in the same ownership or subject to the same community plan or strata plan under the Community Titles Act 1996 or Strata Titles Act 1988 ;

"liquefied petroleum gas" means a hydrocarbon fluid composed predominantly of one or more of the following hydrocarbons:

            (a)         propane (C3H8);

            (b)         propene (propylene) (C3H6);

            (c)         butane (C4H10);

            (d)         butene (butylene) (C4H8);

"natural gas" has the same meaning as in AS 4564;

"prescribed transmission pipeline" means a pipeline in respect of which any of the following licences has been granted under the Petroleum Act 2000 :

PL1

PL3

PL4

PL6

PL11

PL13;

"retail contract" means a contract between a gas entity and a customer for the sale and supply of gas;

"retailer" means a gas entity authorised by a licence to carry on the retailing of gas;

"sooting index" means the sooting index determined in accordance with the formula set out in Schedule 1;

"Type A appliance" means an appliance to which an appliance approval scheme operated by The Australian Gas Association applies;

"Type B appliance" has the same meaning as in AS 5601;

"Wobbe Index" has the same meaning as in AS 4551.