Unlawfully operating distribution pipeline
286 Unlawfully operating distribution pipeline
A person must not unlawfully operate a distribution pipeline.Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
A person unlawfully operates a distribution pipeline if the person transports a covered gas through the pipeline or provides customer connection services to premises in relation to the pipeline, unless—
a distribution authority authorising the transportation or customer connection services is in force and the person holds, or is acting under, the authority; or
the pipeline is completely within a lot, or contiguous lots, owned by the same person; orExample—
a pipeline in a shopping centre on a lot or lots owned by the same person
the pipeline is completely within contiguous lots if the covered gas is only transported to 1 other person; or
the person is, or is acting for, an on-supplier and the transport or customer connection services complies with chapter 3, part 3; or
the transport or customer connection services is carried out under an insufficiency of supply direction.
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