Western Australian Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL GAS ACCESS (WA) ACT 2009 - SECT 9

9 .         Terms used in National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law and its regulations

        (1)         In the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law and the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Regulations —

        adjacent area of another participating jurisdiction means the offshore area of a State other than this State or of the Northern Territory within the meaning given in section 7 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth;

        adjacent area of this jurisdiction means the offshore area of the State within the meaning given in section 7 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth;

        Court means the Supreme Court of Western Australia;

        designated Minister means the Minister to whom the administration of this Act has been committed;

        dispute resolution body means —

            (a)         in relation to an ERA pipeline, the WA arbitrator;

            (b)         in relation to any other pipeline, the Australian Energy Regulator established by section 44AE of the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth;

        ERA pipeline means a pipeline other than —

            (a)         an international pipeline; or

            (b)         any other pipeline for which section 2 of the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law defines the “relevant Minister” to mean a person other than the Minister responsible for the administration of this Act;

        Legislature of this jurisdiction means the Parliament of Western Australia;

        National Gas Law or this Law means the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law;

        regulator means —

            (a)         in relation to an ERA pipeline, the ERA;

            (b)         in relation to any other pipeline, the Australian Energy Regulator established by section 44AE of the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth;

        this jurisdiction means the State of Western Australia;

        WA arbitrator means the Western Australian Energy Disputes Arbitrator under Part 6 Division 3 of the Energy Arbitration and Review Act 1998 .

        (2)         A pipeline that is an offshore Western Australian pipeline as defined in section 3(1) of the Australian Energy Market Act 2004 of the Commonwealth is to be regarded as being situated wholly within Western Australia for the purpose of determining who is the relevant Minister under the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law.

        (3)         The Acts Interpretation Act 1915 , and other Acts, of South Australia do not apply to the National Gas Law as set out in the Schedule to the South Australian Act in its application, with modifications, as a law of Western Australia.

        [Section 9 amended by No. 42 of 2010 s. 184.]