Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made(1) This section applies for the purposes of the change from the operation of the repealed Act to the operation of the Act in relation to a transition pipeline.
(2) The following arrangements apply for the transition pipeline the subject of pipeline licence 24, known as the South West Queensland Pipeline--
(a) from the commencement--
(i) the approved tariff arrangement for the transition pipeline is taken not to apply to the transition pipeline; and
(ii) the transition pipeline is taken to be a pipeline that is not a covered pipeline;
(b) for the period starting on the commencement and ending 1 year after the commencement, no person may apply for a coverage determination for the transition pipeline.
(3) The following arrangements apply for the transition pipeline the subject of pipeline licence 30, known as the Queensland Gas Pipeline--
(a) from the commencement--
(i) the approved tariff arrangement for the transition pipeline is taken not to apply to the transition pipeline; and
(ii) the transition pipeline is taken to be a pipeline that is not a covered pipeline;
(b) for the period starting on the commencement and ending 3 years after the commencement, no person may apply for a coverage determination for the transition pipeline.
(4) The following arrangements apply for the transition pipeline the subject of pipeline licence 41, known as the Carpentaria Gas Pipeline--
(a) from the commencement--
(i) the approved tariff arrangement for the transition pipeline ceases to apply to the transition pipeline; and
(ii) the access arrangements for the transition pipeline end; and
(iii) the transition pipeline is taken to be a covered pipeline; and
(iv) the transition pipeline is taken to be a transmission pipeline;
(b) for the period starting on the commencement and ending at the end of 30 April 2023, the services provided by means of the transition pipeline--
(i) are taken to be the subject of a light regulation determination; and
(ii) can not be made the subject of a full access arrangement.
(5) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the National Gas Law, schedule 3, sections 6 and 7 do not apply to a transition pipeline.
(6) This section is a transitional regulation under section 18 of the Act.
(7) In this section--
access arrangements, for a transition pipeline, means the access arrangements for the pipeline, approved by the relevant regulator under the repealed Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Act 1998.
approved tariff arrangement, for a transition pipeline, means the tariff arrangement approved for the pipeline, under the repealed Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Act 1998, section 58(2).
commencement means the commencement of this section.
National Gas Law means the National Gas Law set out in the Schedule to the South Australian Act, as in force at the commencement.
repealed Act means the repealed Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Act 1998, and includes the repealed Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Law and the repealed Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Regulations.
the Act includes the National Gas (Queensland) Law and the National Gas (Queensland) Regulations.
transition pipeline means a transition pipeline under section 18 of the Act.
